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The Islamic Republic of Iran has one of the worst human rights records of any country in the world. Amongst the most serious human rights issues plaguing the republic are "the government’s manipulation of the electoral process, which severely limited citizens’ right to change their government peacefully through free and fair elections ...
e. Liberalism and progressivism within Islam involve professed Muslims who have created a considerable body of progressive thought about Islamic understanding and practice. [ 1][ 2] Their work is sometimes characterized as "progressive Islam" ( Arabic: الإسلام التقدمي al-Islām at-taqaddumī ). Some scholars, such as Omid Safi ...
The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) first adopted in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 August 1990, [1] (Conference of Foreign Ministers, 9–14 Muharram 1411H in the Islamic calendar [2]), and later revised in 2020 [3] and adopted on 28 November 2020 (Council of Foreign Ministers at its 47th session in ...
The Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights is a document created by Islamic Councils in Paris [1] and London. [2] It restates basic human rights using the language of Islamic jurisprudence. [3] The difference between the original Arabic version and the official English translation has been described as "very problematic." [4]
Ahmed Souaiaia is a professor at the University of Iowa with joint appointments in the Department of Religious Studies, International Studies, and College of Law. His research and teaching focus on women in Islam, human rights law, religion and politics, religion in the public sphere, political dissent in Islam, women in Islamic law, Islamic political theory, and modern Islamic thought.
Justice in the Quran. Justice is a central theme in the Qur’an, dictating the traditions of law and how they should be put into practice. [ 1] There are two ways in which justice operates: in a legal sense and in a divine sense. Regarding justice in the legal sense, the Qur’an tells Muslims not only how to conduct themselves, but is also ...
The Arab Charter on Human Rights ( ACHR ), adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States on 22 May 2004, affirms the principles contained in the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam. It provides for a number of traditional ...
The rights bestowed upon humans in the Quran include the right to life and peaceful living as well as the right to own, protect, and have property protected Islamic economic jurisprudence. The Quran also contains rights for minority groups and women, as well as regulations of human interactions as between one another to the extent of dictating ...