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008			120321s2013 cou b 001 0 eng
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100	1		_aMayer, Ann Elizabeth. _94040
245	1	0	_aIslam and human rights : _btradition and politics / _cAnn Elizabeth Mayer.
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aBoulder, Colo. : _bWestview Press, _c2013.
300			_axv, 299 pages ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
505	0		_a1. Assimilating human rights in the Middle East -- 2. Human rights in international and Middle Eastern systems : sources and contexts -- 3. Islamic tradition and Muslim reactions to human rights -- 4. Islamic restrictions on human rights -- 5. Discrimination against women and non-Muslims -- 6. Restrictions on the rights of women -- 7. Islamic human rights schemes and religious minorities -- 8. The organization of the Islamic cooperation and Muslim states resist human rights for sexual minorities -- 9. Freedom of religion in Islamic human rights schemes -- 10. An assessment of Islamic human rights schemes -- Appendix A: Excerpts from the Iranian constitution -- Appendix B: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam -- Appendix C: 2009 resolution on combating defamation of religions.
520			_aIslam and Human Rights is a probing examination of how the Islamic tradition has been exploited for political ends by regimes and institutions seeking to legitimize policies inimical to human rights. Ann Elizabeth Mayer critically appraises Islamic human rights schemes that dilute the human rights afforded by international law, comparing them with the complex Islamic legal heritage and international human rights law. Challenging stereotypes about a supposedly monolithic Islam inherently incompatible with human rights, Mayer dissects the political motives behind the selective deployment of elements of the Islamic tradition by conservative forces seeking to delegitimize demands for democracy and human rights. The fifth edition provides an updated consideration of government policies on Islam and human rights activism and how they are affecting developments in several Middle Eastern countries, and features a new chapter on the resistance of human rights for sexual minorities by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) project to co-opt international human rights law to criminalize "defamation of Islam" occurring in the West. The new edition also analyzes the other most recent and important issues of the region, including: The burgeoning pressures in the Middle East for human rights leading up to the Arab Spring; The ambitious campaign of the (OIC) to influence the UN human rights system by forging alliances with non-Muslim states hostile to human rights; The concerted efforts by this cross-cultural alliance to subvert international human rights law under pretenses of supporting human rights; The intensifying controversies over issues of sexual orientation and gender identity in the Middle East; The Danish Cartoons controversy and the OIC project to co-opt international human rights law to criminalize "defamation of Islam" occurring in the West. -- Book cover.
650		0	_aHuman rights _zIslamic countries.
650		0	_aHuman rights _xReligious aspects _xIslam.
650		7	_aHuman rights. _2fast
650		7	_aHuman rights _xReligious aspects _xIslam. _2fast
650		7	_aIslam. _2gnd
651		7	_aIslamic countries. _2fast _917457
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