Islamic law and human rights : the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt /
This book explores the development of the Muslim Brotherhood's thinking on Islamic law and human rights, and argues that the Muslim Brotherhood has exacerbated, rather than solved, tensions between the two in Egypt. The organisation and its scholars have drawn on hard-line juristic opinions and...
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2016
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Table of Contents:
- Abstract; Note on the Transliteration; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Tables of Authorities; Foreword; Chapter One; 1. Defining the Research Problem; 2. The Muslim Brotherhood: A Historical Background; 3. Methods and Sources; 4. Book Structure; Chapter Two; 1. The Nature and Evolution of Islamic Law; 2. Human Rights and Religion; 3. Islam and Human Rights: Theoretical Perspectives; 4. Conclusions; Chapter Three; 1. The State-Religion Relationship; 2. Reactions to International Human Rights; 3. Shari'a and Human Rights in the 2012 Constitution; 4. Conclusions; Chapter Four
- 1. The Establishment of Religious Political Parties2. Political Pluralism and the Rule of Shari'a; 3. Sowing the Seeds of Hate and Violence; 4. Freedom of Association and Human Rights NGOs; 5. Conclusion; Chapter Five; 1. Religion and Freedom of expression; 2. The Literature of the Muslim Brotherhood; 3. The Muslim Brotherhood in Opposition; 4. The Muslim Brotherhood in Power; 5. Conclusion; Chapter Six; 1. Religious Minorities, Equality and Non-discrimination; 2. Unrecognised Religious Minorities; 3. Conclusion; Chapter Seven; 1. The Debate on the Right to Change One's Religion
- 2. The Debate on Proselytism3. Conversion in Egyptian Courts; 4. Conclusion; Chapter Eight; 1. The Articulation of Gender Equality; 2. The Reform of Personal Status Law; 3. Female Genital Mutilation; 4. Conclusion; Chapter Nine; 1. Explaining the Conservative Face of the MB; 2. Prospects for Transformation; Bibliography; Index
