Glossary

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Foreword: Revising Shari‘a in the Light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ix
5. Preface to the English Translation xxxi
6. Introduction to the 2008 Edition 1
7. Section One. The Bases for Discussions on Islam and Human Rights
8. 1 From Traditional Islam to End-oriented Islam 9
9. 2 The Principles of Compatibility between Islam and Modernity 35
10. 3 An Introduction to the Public and Private Debate in Islamic Culture 48
11. Section Two. Islam and Human Rights
12. 4 Imam Sajjad and the Rights of Mankind 71
13. 5 Human Rights and Reformist Islam 87
14. 6 Questions and Answers about Human Rights and Reformist Islam 169
15. 7 Human Rights, Secularism and Religion 193
16. Section Three. Freedoms of Belief, Religion and Politics
17. 8 The Freedom of Belief and Religion in Islam and Human Rights Documents 207
18. 8 The Freedom of Belief and Religion in Islam and Human Rights Documents 246
19. Section Four. Women’s Rights
20. 10 Reformist Islam and Women’s Rights 271
21. 11 Women’s Rights in the Hereafter: A Qur’anic Theological Study 305
22. Section Five. Other Debates in Human Rights
23. 12 The Issue of Slavery in Contemporary Islam 331
24. 13 The Rights of Non-Muslims in Contemporary Islam1 377
25. 14 Social Security in Islamic Teachings 385
26. Bibliography 403
27. Glossary 426
28. Index 437