Human Rights in Islamic Societies

<p>This book compares Islamic and Western ideas of human rights in order to ascertain which human rights if any can be considered universal. This is a profound topic with a rich history that is highly relevant within global politics and society today.</p><p>The arguments in this book are formed by bringing William Talbott’s <i>Which Rights Should Be Universal? </i>(2005) and Abdulaziz Sachedina’s<i> Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights</i> (2014) into conversation. By bridging the gap between cultural relativists and moral universalists this book seeks to offer a new model for the understanding of human rights. It contends that human rights abuses are outcomes of complex systems by design and/or by default. Therefore it proposes that a rigorous systems-thinking approach will contribute to addressing the challenge of human rights. </p><p>Engaging with Islamic and Western historical and contemporary and relativist and universalist thought this book is a fresh take on a perennially important issue. As such it will be a first-rate resource for any scholars working in religious studies Islamic studies Middle East studies ethics sociology and law and religion.</p>