Religious legal traditions, international human rights law and Muslim states /

Religious legal traditions, international human rights law and Muslim states / by Kamran Hashemi.

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Offers an exploration of aspects of the subject, Islam and Human Rights. This book undertakes a comparative study of the laws of several Muslim States with respect to religious freedom, minorities and the rights of the child. It offers an optimistic vision of the fundamental compatibility of Islam a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Hashemi, Kamran
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.
Series:Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ; v. 7.
Subjects:
Discrimination > Law and legislation > Islamic countries.
Human rights > Islamic countries.
Dhimmis (Islamic law) > Legal status, laws, etc. > Islamic countries.
Dhimmis (Islamic law) > Legal status, laws, etc.
Discrimination > Law and legislation
Human rights
Islamic countries
Table of Contents:
  • Muslim legal traditions of apostasy and relevant human rights law
  • Current application of traditional rules of conversion and proselytizing
  • Current application of traditional rules of blasphemy (sabb)
  • Current application of traditional rules of heresy
  • Muslim legal traditions of dhimmah and relevant human rights law
  • Current application of public aspects of dhimmah
  • Current application of personal aspects of dhimmah
  • Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by Muslim states.

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