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Human Rights from an Islamic Perspective: A Critical Review of Arabic Peer-Reviewed Articles
Columbia Univ, Jordan.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8438-9097
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Languages. Lund University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3521-0441
2023 (English)In: Social Sciences, E-ISSN 2076-0760, Vol. 12, no 2, article id 106Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The relationship between human rights and Islam is important in countries of the Arab world where religion plays a significant role in public debates and daily life. The topic is particularly relevant at a time of sharpening conflicts and polarization, when forms of government in the region, the current world order, and the legitimacy of international organizations are increasingly contested. Much of the scholarly work published in English on this topic draws on sources available in English. This review, therefore, aims to make a contribution to the field through analysis and discussion of academic papers published in Arabic. A search was made in Google Scholar in April 2022 which yielded 12 publications published in 2020 and 2021, after inclusion and exclusion criteria had been applied. These publications were analyzed drawing on the four framing categories. A summary is also given of the definitions, sources, and premises on which the arguments of the publications draw. The reviewed papers contrast the universal and divine foundation of Islamic human rights with the limitations of modern conceptualizations based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The latter is described as emanating from Western hegemonistic aspirations and as detached from moral and spiritual values. The papers consequently argue that human rights would be guaranteed globally by generalizing a system of governance based on Shari'a law and the ideal of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Little attention is given to human rights abuses observed in Muslim societies, diverse interpretations of Islamic source texts, or concrete measures to improve human rights protections in practice. Importantly, the arguments presented in these papers tend to reinforce a contemporary discourse that frames conflicting visions on human rights as a 'clash of civilisations' between 'Islam' and 'the West'.

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MDPI, 2023. Vol. 12, no 2, article id 106
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human rights research, human rights discourse, human rights and religion, publications in Arabic, Islam, framing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-123719DOI: 10.3390/socsci12020106ISI: 000942102000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85148725595OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-123719DiVA, id: diva2:1788069
Available from: 2023-08-15 Created: 2023-08-15 Last updated: 2024-03-13Bibliographically approved

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