Islamic movement and human rights: Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia’s involvement in the “Abolish Internal Security Act Movement,” 2000-2012

• Main Author: Malik, Maszlee
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: IIUM Press 2014
• Subjects: BP173.6 Islam and the state; BP173.63 Islam and civil society; BP173.66 Islam and freedom of speech; BP173.7 Islam and politics; JA Political science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/40489/1/JIM_ISA_GMI_Intellectual_Discourse.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/40489/4/40489_Islamic%20movement%20and%20human%20rights_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/40489/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/issue/current

Human rights has been acknowledged as one of the essential characteristics of good governance. Abuse of human rights is strongly associated with bad governance, which is believed by many to be a serious impediment to development and sustainable growth. Despite the active participations of Islamic...