Is there a basis for human rights in Islam? Beginning with an exploration of what rights are and how the human rights discourse developed, Abdullah Saeed explor

A short exposition of the value and concept of human rights in Islam as noted in the Quran and Sunnah

An assessment of recent Islamic human-rights schemes that dilute or eliminate the human-rights protections afforded by international law. The author compares th

In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the International Declaration of Human Rights, a document designed to hold both indiv

The relationship between Islam and the West has been controversial and problematic because of some intertwined factors, including the unpleasant history between