Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: se

The relationship between Islamic law and international human rights law has been the subject of considerable, and heated, debate in recent years. The usual star

This important study offers a conceptual analysis of gender and human rights under Islamic law, state law and international law, and extends this analysis to a

Is there a basis for human rights in Islam? Beginning with an exploration of what rights are and how the human rights discourse developed, Abdullah Saeed explor

Rebecca J. Cook and the contributors to this volume seek to analyze how international human rights law applies specifically to women in various cultures worldwi