Sociology of Rights: “I am Therefore I have Rights": Human Rights in Islam between Universalistic and Communalistic Perspectives
“I am therefore I have rights,” argues this paper. Mere existence qualifies a human being foruniversal human rights.
Social Progress - Ethics & Policy
State And Secularism: Perspectives from Asia
The concept of a secular state is important in many parts of Asia and how this is resolved has important implications for the social, economic and political development of various Asian countries. Unfortunately, problems of the secular state have all along been studied based on the historical experience of state formation in Europe, with little (or no) input from the Asian perspective. This book will for the very first time, present mainly Asian perspectives, while drawing on Western experience as well.
State and Religion in Turkey: Which Secularism
Turkey is the only secular Muslim country which wants to be a part of a non-
Human Rights in Islamic Jurisprudence: Why Should All Human Beings Be Inviolable?
This chapter seeks to recapture the classical tradition of Islamic jurisprudence that recognizes universal human rights irrespective of religious status, gender, place, or time. It shows how the loss of this tradition has resulted in a human rights dependency on the West and a lagging record of religious freedom and democracy in
The Future of Religious Freedom: Global Challenges
What is the status of religious freedom in the world today? What barriers does it face? What are the realistic prospects for improvement, and why does this matter? This book addresses these critical questions by assembling in one volume some of the best forward thinking and empirical research on religious liberty, international legal trends, and societal dynamics. Chapters explore the status, value, and challenges of religious liberty around the world—with illustrations from a wide range of historical situations, contemporary contexts, and constitutional regimes.
Modernization and Societal Sciences in the Muslim World
Each civilization approaches human action and explains and solves social problems in its own way. From this perspective we can say that every civilization has its own "societal sciences".
Fiqh and social sciences are two societal sciences of two different civilizations, namely the Islamic and the Western civilizations, respectively.
Human Rights in The Ottoman Reform: Foundations, Motivations And Formations
This book argues that the late Ottoman constitutional reforms (i) were carried out as a consequence of the metamorphosis of the Empire into a modern state, (ii) were considerably in favour of the bureaucratic class, (iii) were paying regard to the expectations of the Ottoman and the Western public, and most importantly (iv) had been in conformity with Islamic jurisprudence. The constitutional reforms in the late Ottoman Empire on fundamental rights and freedoms were an idiosyncratic reflection of a trans-regional political paradigm shift.