Are Sharia Laws and Human Rights Compatible?

Posted by Abul-Hussein on May 23rd, 2010

 

Emran Qureshi and Heba Raouf Ezzat 

In their correspondence, Emran Qureshi (journalist and expert for Islam and human rights) and Heba Raouf Ezzat (lecturer for political science and womens’ rights activist) discuss the role of the sharia in Islamic countries and in how far sharia laws are compatible with human rights.

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A Collective Ijtihad For Solving Society’s Problems

Posted by Abul-Hussein on May 23rd, 2010

Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kamali

There are two sources of shari’a (Islamic law): revealed and non-revealed. The revealed sources of Islamic law are the Qur’an and hadith (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions), whereas the non-revealed sources consist of rationality and ijtihad.

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