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Do Islam and Islamic law constitute real obstacles to human rights? In this revised and updated edition, the author offers critical assessments of recent Islamic human rights schemes that dilute or eliminate the human rights protections afforded by international law. She compares these both with the Islamic legal heritage, where they have no exact counterparts, and to international human rights law, highlighting where the Islamic and international provisions diverge. Mayer examines how Islamic approaches to rights correlate with actual patterns of rights violations in contemporary countries and explores the views of Muslims who believe Islam is fully compatible with human rights. Contesting stereotypes about a supposedly monolithic Islam inherently incompatible with human rights, Mayer dissects the political motives behind the selective use of elements of the Islamic tradition by conservative groups opposed to democracy and human rights. This edition considers developments in human rights law and policy since 1990, including provisions in the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, issued by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and the 1992 Basic Law of Saudi Arabia.
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Ann Elizabeth Mayer is Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania . She holds a PhD in Middle Eastern History from the University of Michigan, a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a Certificate in Islamic and Comparative Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She has conducted research in countries ranging from Morocco to Pakistan and has published extensively on Islamic law in the contemporary Middle East and on international human rights law, especially women's international human rights.
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"Must reading for anyone interested in the changing order in the Middle East and Islamic societies in general, and certainly for human rights activists with interest in the Muslim world."
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- PublisherWestview Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0813321301
- ISBN 13 9780813321301
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages223
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