Muslims and Global Justice /

Muslims and Global Justice / / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.

Over the course of his distinguished career, legal scholar Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im has sought to reconcile his identity as a Muslim with his commitment to universal human rights. In Muslims and Global Justice, he advances the theme of global justice from an Islamic perspective, critically exam...

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An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. Reimagining Global Justice
  • Part I. The Challenge of Universality and Cultural/Religious Legitimacy
  • Chapter 1. Islamic Ambivalence to Political Violence: Islamic Law and International Terrorism
  • Chapter 2. Problems of Universal Cultural Legitimacy for Human Rights
  • Chapter 3. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
  • Part II. Prospects of Mediation for the Paradox of Universality and State Self-Regulation
  • Chapter 4. State Responsibility Under International Human Rights Law to Change Religious and Customary Laws
  • Chapter 5. Islamic Foundations of Religious Human Rights
  • Chapter 6. Cultural Transformation and Normative Consensus on the Best Interest of the Child
  • Chapter 7. Toward an Islamic Hermeneutics for Human Rights
  • Part III. Regional and Global Perspectives
  • Chapter 8. Competing Claims to Religious Freedom and Communal Self-Determination in Africa
  • Chapter 9. Globalization and Jurisprudence: An Islamic Perspective
  • Chapter 10. The Politics of Religion and the Morality of Globalization
  • Chapter 11. Global Citizenship and Human Rights: From Muslims in Europe to European Muslims
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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