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The particularities of human rights in Islam with reference to freedom of faith and women's rights : a comparative study with international law

The aim of this research is to investigate the extent to which human rights in Islam corresponds with the international schemes of human rights despite its "cultural particularities". This thesis investigates the right to freedom of faith in light of the main textual sources in Islamic Shariah focusing on the concept of apostasy. To put the study in context, the research traces the history of human rights in both the Islamic and Western perspectives.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:493477
Date January 2008
CreatorsZarzour, Asma Adnan
PublisherUniversity of Aberdeen
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttp://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=24806

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