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 volume examines the important question of whether or not international human rights and Islamic law are compatible. It asks whether Muslim States can compl

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

Traditional Islamic law has long been regarded as academic, local in nature, and relevant only as a measure of the inadequacy of women's rights in the family la

This book examines the legal nature of Islamic states and the human rights they have committed to uphold. It begins with an overview of the political history of