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Author Mayor, Ann Elizabeth

Title Islam and human rights : tradition and politics / Ann Elizabeth Mayer
Edition Second edition
Published Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press ; London : Pinter Publishers, 1995

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 W'PONDS  323.117 May/Iah 1995  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 223 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Comparisons of rights across cultures -- International and Islamic human rights -- International human rights : the historical background -- Islamic restrictions on human rights -- Discrimination against women and non-Muslims -- Restrictions on the rights and freedoms of women -- Islamic human rights schemes and non-Muslims -- Freedom of religion in Islamic human rights schemes -- An assessment of Islamic human rights schemes -- Islam and culture-based resistance to rights
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 185-210
Subject Civil rights (Islam law)
Civil rights (Islamic law)
Civil rights -- Islamic countries.
Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Human rights -- Islamic countries.
LC no. 94041412
ISBN 0813321301 (alk. paper)
081332131X (paperback: alk. paper)
185567324X (U.K.)