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dc.contributor.authorMoosa, Najma
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-13T14:12:56Z
dc.date.available2013-06-13T14:12:56Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationMoosa, N. (1998). Human rights in Islam. South African Journal on Human Rights, 14: 508-524en_US
dc.identifier.issn02587203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/640
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Conflicts between human rights and religion do exist. Is this true of Islam? The answer is not as simple as 'yes' or 'no'. Although an examination of human rights in an Islamic context will reveal its theocentric rather than secular and judicial basis, this paper asserts that, notwithstanding (later) Islamic law interpretations to the contrary, (original) Islam is compatible with the modern notion of human rights. The fact that some Muslim countries have opted for Western constitutional models because of uncertainty as to what constitutes Islamic constitutional law clearly supports this assertion. On the other hand, because of the Western origin of modern constitutions, countries like Saudi Arabia have no formal written constitution.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Juta Law. The publisher has given permission for this file to be stored in the Repository.
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectIslamen_US
dc.titleHuman rights in Islamen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US


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