Religious legal traditions, international human rights law and Muslim states / by Kamran Hashemi.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ; v.7.
Main Author: Hashemi, Kamran
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.
Series:Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ; v.7.
Subjects:
Discrimination > Law and legislation > Islamic countries.
Human rights > Islamic countries.
Dhimmis (Islamic law) > Legal status, laws, etc. > Islamic countries.
Physical Description:xiii, 283 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Muslim legal traditions of apostasy and relevant human rights law
  • Current application of traditional rules of conversion and proselytizing
  • Current application of traditional rules of blasphemy (sabb)
  • Current application of traditional rules of heresy
  • Muslim legal traditions of dhimmah and relevant human rights law
  • Current application of public aspects of dhimmah
  • Current application of personal aspects of dhimmah
  • Implementation of the convention on the rights of the child by Muslim states.