Research Catalog

Title

Human rights in Islam and their applications in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / by Suleiman Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Hageel ; translated by Omer F. Atari.

Author

Ḥaqīl, Sulaymān ʻAbd al-Raḥmān

Publication

[Saudi Arabia : s.n.], 2001.

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Details

Description

viii, 265 p.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Series of human rights in Islam ; book no. 2

Uniform Title

Series of human rights in Islam ; book no. 2.

Subject

• Human rights > Saudi Arabia
• Civil rights > Saudi Arabia
• Islamic law > Saudi Arabia
• Droits de l'homme (Droit islamique) > Arabie Saoudite

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-265).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A general definition of Islam: the religion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the application of Islamic Shareeʼah (Law) -- A short historical overview about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the fundamental bases of its system of government -- The truth about Shaikh Mohammad bin Abd al-Wahab's reformist movement (i.e. Daʼwah) and stating the facts about the suspicions and allegations raised against it -- The development of the judicial system in ... Arabia: its autonomy and role in preserving human rights -- Enjoining good and forbidding evil in light of the Holy Qurʼan and the Sunnah ... -- Human rights in Islam and its position on freedom in general and freedom of self-expression and opinion in particular ... -- Enforcement of the punishments prescribed by Islamic Shareeʼah ... for the protection and preservation of basic human rights -- The status and rights of women in Islam ... -- Islam's stance on extremism and terrorism ... -- A comparison between shura in Islam and Western democracy.

ISBN

9960932052

OCLC

• 48255603
• SCSB-12514109

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library