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Author:

Mayer, Ann Elizabeth.

Title:

Islam and human rights : tradition and politics / Ann Elizabeth Mayer.

Edition:

4th ed.

Publisher:

Westview Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xvii, 290 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Human rights--Islamic countries.
Human rights--Religious aspects--Islam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Comparisons of rights across cultures : background issues -- Human rights in international law and legal systems in Muslim countries : sources and contexts -- Islamic tradition and Muslim reactions to human rights -- Islamic restrictions on human rights -- Discrimination against women and non-Muslims -- Restrictions on the rights and freedoms of women -- Islamic human rights schemes and religious minorities -- Freedom of religion in Islamic human rights schemes -- An assessment of Islamic human rights schemes.

ISBN:

9780813343358
9780813343358 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813343356 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)68965725

LCCN:

2006016091

Locations:

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)