Human Rights in Islam (book)
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Human Rights in Islam is a book written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi.
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This book is composed of five chapters, "The Political Framework of Islam", "Human Rights, the West and Islam", "Basic Human Rights", "Rights of Citizens in an Islamic State" and "Rights of enemies in War".
The first chapter outlines a model of the government of an Islamic State. The chapter draws the concept of democracy or rule by the people (where "people" is defined as adult inhabitants).
The second chapter shows the basis of human rights in Islam. In this chapter Maududi tries to show that basic human rights are given to each human by God, and therefore can not be taken away from the person by another individual or group. He also criticises the Western approach to human rights as being "expressions of hopes".
The third chapter outlines the what Islam recognizes as basic human rights of all humans. This by no means is intended to be a complete list, but only outlines the most fundamental rights. It also emphasises the need for every Muslim to recognize these rights.
The fourth chapter deals with rights of citizens of an Islamic State. This focuses more on civil, political and religious rights.
The fifth chapter deals with the rights of non-Muslim enemies. It also concludes the book.
