Islam and Human Rights Volume I

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1 Islam and Human Rights Volume I Key Issues in the Debates Ü I LUZERN Edited by Abdullah Saeed Sultan of Oman Professor of Melbourne, and Islamic Studies HUMAN RIGHTS LAW An Research UK USA Islam and human rights 2012 digitalisiert durch: IDS Luzern

2 Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Abdullah Saeed ix xiii PART I DEFENSIVE AND EMBRACIVE APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS Ann Elizabeth Mayer (2007), 'The Islam and Human Rights Nexus: Shifting Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 4 (1), Article 4, i, Mashood A. Baderin (2007), 'Islam and the Realization of Human Rights in the Muslim World: A on Two Essential Approaches and Two Divergent Perspectives', Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 4(1), Article 5, i, Recep (2005), 'Sociology of Rights: "I Am Therefore I Have Rights": Human Rights in Islam between Universalistic and Communalistic Perspectives', Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 2(1), Article i, Mohammad H. (2007), 'Public Reason as a Strategy for Principled Reconciliation: The Case of Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law', Chicago Journal of International Law, 8 (1), Summer, PART II CRITIQUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS FROM A MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE 5. Mohamed Berween (2003), 'International Bills of Human Rights: An Islamic Critique', International Journal of Human Rights, 7 (4), Winter, reset 6. Robert Carle (2005), 'Revealing and Concealing: Islamist Discourse on Human Rights', Human Rights Review, 6 (3), April- June, III THE DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS VS. HUMAN OBLIGATIONS DUTIES 7. Jason Morgan-Foster (2005), 'Third Generation Rights: What Islamic Law Can Teach the International Human Rights Movement', Human Rights and Development Law Journal, 8,

3 Islam and Human Rights I PART IV HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECULARISM 8. Bennoune (2007), and Human Rights: A Analysis of Headscarves, Religious Expression, and Women's Equality Under International Law', Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 45, PART V CHALLENGES TO UNIVERSALISM, UNIVERSALITY AND RELATIVISM 9. Eva Brems (2004), 'Reconciling Universality and Diversity in International Human Rights: A Theoretical and Methodological Framework and Application in the Context of Islam', Human Rights Review, 5 (3), April-June, 255 Heiner Bielefeldt (2000), '"Western" Versus "Islamic" Human Rights Conceptions?: A Critique of Cultural Essentialism in the Discussion on Human Rights', Political Theory, 28 (1), February, Abdullahi A. An-Na'im 'The Contingent Universality of Human Rights: The Case of Freedom of Expression in African and Islamic Contexts', International Law Review, 11, PART VI ISLAMIC HUMAN RIGHTS SCHEMES 12. Mawdudi 'Islamic Political Framework', 'Human Rights, the West and Islam', 'Basic Human Rights', 'Rights of Citizens in an Islamic State', and 'Rights at War', in Human Rights in Islam, Chapters 1, 2, and 5, Lahore, Pakistan: Islamic Publications Ltd, Tabet (2001), 'Arab Islamic Developments on Human Rights', Arab Law Quarterly, 16 (3), Moosa Dilemma of Islamic Rights Scheines', Journal and Religion, XV (1/2), The Organisation of the Islamic Conference The Cairo on Human Rights in Islam, August, 16. Islamic Council (1981), Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights, September, 431

4 Islam and Human Rights I PART VII CASE STUDIES - HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSES IN PARTS OF THE MUSLIM WORLD Donna E. Arzt (1990), 'The Application of International Human Rights Law in Islamic States', Human Rights Quarterly, (2), A 18. Abdullahi A. An-Na'im (2001), 'Human Rights in the Arab World: A Regional Perspective', Human Rights Quarterly, 23 (3), August, B Saudi Arabia Anon (2008), 'Saudi Courts - Women's Rights - General Court of Qatif Sentences Gang-Rape to Prison and Lashings for Violating "Illegal Mingling" Law', Harvard Law Review, 121, 511 C Turkey 20. Jenny B. White (2001), 'The Islamist Movement in Turkey and Human Rights', Human Rights Review, 3 (1), Arat (2001), 'Women's Rights as Human Rights: The Turkish Case', Human Rights Review, 3(1), October-December, Kucukcan (2003), 'State, Islam, and Religious Liberty in Modern Turkey: of Religion in the Public Sphere', Brigham Young University Law Review, 2, D Iran 23. Shahra Razavi (2006), 'Islamic Politics, Human Rights and Women's Claims for Equality in Iran', Third World Quarterly, 27 (7), Ziba Mir-Hosseini (2007), 'How the Door Opened and A Comparative Analysis of Recent Family Law Reforms in Iran and Morocco', Washington and Lee Law Review, 64, Ann Elizabeth Mayer (1996), 'Islamic Rights or Human Rights: An Iranian Dilemma', Iranian Studies, 29 Summer/Fall,

5 Islam and Human Rights I E Indonesia 26. Hasnil Basri Siregar ( ), 'Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Islamic Shari'ah Law in Aceh, Indonesia', Journal and Religion, XXIV, Zakiyah Munir (2005), 'Domestic Violence in Indonesia', Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 2 (1), Article 5, i, Nadirsyah Hosen (2007), 'Human Rights Provisions in the Second Amendment to the Indonesian Constitution from Shari 'ah Perspective', Muslim World, 97 (2), April, F Malaysia 29. Nurjaanah Abdullah and Chew Li Hua (2007), 'Legislating Faith in Malaysia', Singapore Journal Legal Studies, 30. Mohamed Mohamed (2007), 'Law of Apostasy and Freedom of Religion in Malaysia', Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 2 (1), Article 6, i,

6 Islam and Human Rights Volume II Contentious Rights and Case Studies Edited by Abdullah Saeed Sultan Professor and Islamic Studies University of Melbourne, Australia HUMAN RIGHTS LAW An Research Collection Northampton, MA, USA

7 Contents ix Introduction An introduction to both volumes by the editor appears in Volume I PART I WOMEN'S RIGHTS A General Approaches Niaz A. Shah (2006), 'Women's Human Rights in the Koran: An Interpretive Approach', Human Rights Quarterly, 28 (4), November, Rebecca Barlow and Shahram Akbarzadeh (2006), 'Women's Rights in the Muslim World: Reform or Reconstruction?', Third World Quarterly, 27 (8), Jennifer Kristen Lee (2009), 'Legal Reform to Advance the Rights of in Afghanistan Within the Framework of Islam', Santa Clara Law Review, 49, B and Other Violence C 4. Manuela Marin (2003), 'Disciplining Wives: A Historical Reading of Qur'än 4:34', Studio 97, Alex B. (2009), 'Interfaith Marriage in Islam: An Examination of the Legal Theory Behind the Traditional and Reformist Positions', Indiana Law Journal, 84 (2), Spring, Javaid (2007), 'The Sharia, Islamic Family Laws and International Human Rights Law: Examining the Theory and Practice Polygamy and International Journal Policy and the Family, 21 (1), Jansen (2007), 'Muslim Brides and the Ghost of the Shari'a: the Recent Law Reforms in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco Improved Women's Position in Marriage and Divorce, and Can Religious Moderates Bring Reform and Make Stick?', Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights, 5 (2), Spring,

8 Islam and Human Rights II D and Hudud Offences 8. Katherine M. Weaver (2007), 'Women's Rights and Shari'a Law: A Workable Reality? An Examination of Possible International Human Rights Approaches Through the Continuing Reform of the Pakistani Hudood Ordinance', Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 17, Abdel (2001), 'Problems in Applications of Islamic Sanctions: The Penalty for Adultery in Relation to British Journal Eastern Studies, 28 (2), November, E Ziba Mir-Hosseini (2007), 'The Politics and of Hijab in Iran: From to Choice', Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 4 (1), Article 2, i, PART II THE RIGHT TO HEALTH Anthony Tirado Chase and Abdul (2004), 'Health, Human Rights, and Islam: A Focus on Health and Human Rights, 8 (1), PART III RIGHTS 12. Codou Bop (2005), 'Islam and Women's Sexual Health and Rights in Senegal', Muslim World Journal Human Rights, 2 (1), Article 3, i, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer (1995), Perspective on Reproductive Rights', Human Rights Quarterly, 17 (2), May, PART IV FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 14. Mohamed Mohamed (2007), 'Restrictions in Freedom of Religion in Malaysia: A Conceptual Analysis with Special Reference to the Law of Apostasy', Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 4 (2), Article i-ii, Niaz A. Shah Freedom of Religion: Koranic and Human Rights Perspectives', Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, 1 and

9 Islam and Human Rights II PART V CHILDREN'S RIGHTS Shabnam Ishaque (2008), 'Islamic Principles on Adoption: Examining the Impact of Illegitimacy and Inheritance Related in Context of a Child's Right to an Identity', International Journal Policy and the Family, 22 (3), reset 403 Hashemi (2007), 'Religious Legal Traditions, Muslim States and the Convention on the Rights of the An Essay on the Relevant UN Human Rights Quarterly, 29 February, Masoud Rajabi-Ardeshiri (2009), 'The Rights of the Child in the Islamic Context: The Challenges of the and the Global', International Journal 's Rights, 17 (3), PART VI THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE Mashood A. Baderin A Comparative Analysis of the Right to a Fair and Due Process under International Human Rights Law and Saudi Arabian Domestic Law', International Journal Human Rights, 10 (3), September, Osita Nnamani Ogbu (2005), 'Punishments in Islamic Criminal Law as Antithetical to Human Dignity: The Nigerian Experience', International Journal of Human Rights, 9 (2), June, 523 PART VII THE RIGHT TO LIFE Elizabeth Peiffer (2005), 'The Death Penalty in Traditional Islamic Law and as Interpreted in Saudi Arabia and Nigeria', William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law, PART VIII THE RIGHT TO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW 22. Zainah Anwar and Jana S. Rumminger (2007), 'Justice and Equality in Muslim Family Laws: Challenges, Possibilities, and Strategies for Reform', Washington and Lee Law Review, 64, S. Nielsen (2003), 'Contemporary Discussions on Religious Minorities in Muslim Countries', Islam and Christian- Muslim 14 (3), 600

10 Islam and Human Rights II PART IX THE PROHIBITION ON TORTURE, AND INHUMAN TREATMENT 24. Anon (2004), 'Saving Human Rights Symbolism and the Dangers of Colonialism', Harvard Law Review, 117 (7), May, Reza ( ), 'The Problem of Stoning in the Islamic Code: An Argument for Reform', Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, 3(1),