Table of Contents: Islam and human rights :

Main Author:	Mayer, Ann Elizabeth
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2007.
Edition:	4th ed.
Subjects:	Human rights > Islamic countries Human rights > Religious aspects Islam

Table of Contents:

1. Comparisons of rights across cultures : background issues
2. Human rights in international law and legal systems in Muslim countries : sources and contexts
3.Islamic tradition and Muslim reactions to human rights
4. Islamic restrictions on human rights
5. Discrimination against women and non-Muslims
6. Restrictions on the rights and freedoms of women
7. Islamic human rights schemes and religious minorities
8. Freedom of religion in Islamic human rights schemes
9. An assessment of Islamic human rights schemes
Appendix A : Excerpts from the Iranian constitution
Appendix B : The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam.