Islam and Human Rights Advancing a

In the last few years, issues related to human rights, including encouraging the democratization of Muslim societies from the Middle East to Southeast Asia, have acquired great importance in shaping the character of U.S.-Muslim relations and U.S. policy toward Muslim countries.

Shireen T. Hunter is director of the Islam Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC. She is the author of many books, including The Future of Islam and the West (Praeger/CSIS, 1998).

Preface

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Introduction

1

(7)

Shireen T. Hunter

Evolving Concepts of Human Rights

8

(19)

Ann Elizabeth Mayer

A Distinctly Islamic View of Human Rights: Does it Exist and is it Compatible With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

27

(16)

Khaled Abou El Fadl

Women's Rights in Islam: Normative Teachings Versus Practice

43

(24)

Riffat Hassan

Minority Rights in Islam: From Dhimmi to Citizen

67

(33)

Recep Senturk

The Causes of Muslim Countries' Poor Record of Human Rights

100

(10)

Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: Reconciling Ideals and Interests

110

(12)

Robert A. Pastor

Conclusions

122

(5)

Shireen T. Hunter

Selected Bibliography

127

(4)

Index

131

(12)

About the Editors and Contributors

143

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Islam and Human Rights Advancing a U.S.-Muslim Dialogue

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