Human rights, human dignity and justice: The Islamic perspective

• Main Authors: Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Salman, R. K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Serials Publications 2011
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/5615/1/Human_Rights-with_Salman.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/5615/4/2011_-_Human_rights.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/5615/; http://www.google.com.my/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=Serials%20Publications&pbx=1&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=cf.osb&fp=ed883e285816d4a6&biw=792&bih=394&pf=p&pdl=3000

For quite sometimes, there has been an impassioned debate as to whether human rights as encapsulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is purely a ‘Western’ conception or is a universal conception and, this, applicable to all continents, regions and religions. This paper joins such debate...