Tag: equality
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Islam and the Foundations of Human Rights
This book examines Islam’s views on fundamental human rights issues, such as human dignity, equality, freedom, justice, peace, tolerance, the general principles of women’s rights, and the theory of the state in Islam. The content of the book demonstrates that an empathetic understanding of Islam, in harmony with the principles of human rights, is easy…
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Equality of Blood Money of Man and Woman in Islamic Teachings
According to a widely accepted and traditional fatwa ruling in Islamic jurisprudence, the blood money of a woman is half that of a man. This book critically analyzes this fatwa and argues in favor of equal blood money for both men and women. In line with the findings of this study, different fiqhi approaches have…
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An Examination of the Jurisprudential Theory of the Intrinsic Filth of a Person Born of Illicit Intercourse
AbstractAccording to some Imamiyah jurists, bastard (a child born of zina) is created with an impure nature. There are some narratives about this belief. These narratives have influenced the inference of bastard rulings from jurisprudential sources. Some jurists, in order to justify discriminatory rulings in the field of inheritance, judgment, martyrdom, authority, Friday prayer Imam…