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Origin and Development of Human Rights in Islam and the West: A Comparative Study
International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 2013
Human rights are the most complicated issue and challenge for the twenty first century. Islam has granted some fundamental rights for the whole humanity, without any discrimination that needs be practiced under all situations. The West claimed to be the founder of human rights due to which the people of the world are blessed with all human rights, otherwise they were steeped in ignorance. The question arisesare human rights absolute and bestowed on men by God or they are caused by the development of society or created by the society itself? Basically to answer this question, the present research is conducted by making a comparative study of the human rights granted by Almighty Allah in the Holy Quran and contemporary human rights practiced in the west. The objective of this study is to explore the origin and development of Human rights in Islam and West. After detailed study it is clear that Islam has laid down a comprehensive charter of universal fundamental rights for humanity fourteen hundred years ago. This charter granted a very noteworthy profound declaration of rights. Furthermore it is concluded that there is no substantial difference between some of the fundamental principles set forth in the West and the Islamic precepts, whereas, there is difference in their approaches. On the basis of research it is concluded that the inherent dignity of man and his fundamental freedom tracing its origin back to God or divine inspiration.
The Human Rights have become a most significant issue of the modern history in Muslim and the Western perspectives. It can generally be defined as " those rights that are inherent in human nature and without which human beings cannot live a decent life ". There is a basic deference in Islamic and Western concept of human rights. According to Islamic claim Almighty Allah has granted the human rights to human being due to his honour and dignity. The western human rights are acquired after a long and endurable human struggle and demands. Another important difference is that in Islam the sources of human rights is divine revelation (Wahi) but in West the source of human rights is human mind and experience. This Article provides an over view and comparison of human rights from Islamic and the Western perspectives as a concept and a practice in the perspective of the Last sermon of the Prophet and the UDHR. I hope it will be proved an excellent struggle for those who interested in committed to the cause of human rights and establishing Justice, peaceful, tolerant and model humane societies throughout the Globe. It will be introduced the readers to some of the themes of Human Rights in the Light of UDHR and the Last Sermon of the Prophet towards creating a better understanding and awareness about human rights in modern societies. This article elaborates and analyzes the definition, approaches to the human rights, human rights in the UDHR and the last sermon of prophet and the analytical comparison of two documents.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM AND UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The present paper examines Human Rights in the light of western and Islamic thought. Western concepts; particularly the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is analyzed in comparison with Islamic perspective. It is done by examining the historical documents of west and religious scriptures of Islam. The aim of the paper is to highlight the relevance and importance of human rights in the contemporary global society.
[Introduction] Throughout history, the philosophy of human rights has been to ensure human dignity, irrespective of race, religion, creed, caste and color. Theories, codes and behaviors have been established to ensure this basic principle. However, as Thomas Hobbles wrote, “human beings are fallible.” Hence, such theories and laws were not always practical and were often full of contradictions. People try to trace the genesis of human rights back to ancient to Greece and Rome where natural law governed the institutions, but these rights are not in due order process of law. The Magna Carta (1215) of England is seen as a remarkable achievement, but it has its own defects. It has been established through case law, that members of Judaism and Sikhism are fully protected; under the Race relation act, but no such protection exists for members of other faiths1. More recently, the Bill of Rights of the United States was written but it too has shortcomings. The U.S. considers itself to be a righteous nation but it is prejudiced toward other nations and minority races. Despite the so-called established laws of Human rights, there is much discrimination in United States on the basis of color, caste and creed.
Islam and Western Debates on Human Rights
Eventhough there are overlapping and intersection in defining the concept of Human Rights, Islam and Western have serious debates on it. The debates started from the different sources of human rights. Islam put the revelation as the foundation of its rule and Western mostly depend on the individual freedom. In term of its implementation, Western critizes Islam as the ideology as well as actor behind the violation of human rights. In its point of views, Islam distinguishes the rights of the people based on the concepts of Islamic state, gender inequality, and various kinds of inhumane shariah law. On the other hand, Islam argues that Islam has more complete and advance concept of human rights than the Western since Western does not concern on the social rights of people. Even if the concept is analyzed based on the Islamic values and history, it would be clear that Islam promote human rights seriously. For some of controversial issues in Islamic shariah such as qishos, amputation and inheritance, Islam assures that they have many benefits for the common rights of the people.
ISLAMIC RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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Harmonizing Islam and Human Rights Through the Reconstruction of Classical Islamic Tradition
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Perspective of Human Rights in Islam
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Human Rights Thought: Between Islamic Law and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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