Human Rights in Islam (book)

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Human Rights in Islam [1] is a 1976 book written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami. [2]

In the book, Maududi argues that respect for human rights has always been enshrined in Sharia law (that the roots of these rights are to be found in Islamic doctrine) [3] and criticises Western notions that there is an inherent contradiction between the two. [4]

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References

  1. Maududi, Abul A'la (1976). Human Rights in Islam . Leicester: The Islamic Foundation. ISBN   0-9503954-9-8.
  2. "Jamaat-e-Islami". GlobalSecurity.org. 2005-04-27. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  3. Maududi, Human Rights in Islam, p. 10. "Islam has laid down some universal fundamental rights for humanity as a whole ... ."
  4. Maududi, Human Right in Islam, p. 13. "The people of the West have the habit of attributing every good thing to themselves and trying to prove that it is because of them that the world got this blessing ... ."