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Human Rights in Islam: A Way towards Justice for Humanity


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Islam is the complete code of life because there is not any single dimension related to human beings which had not been touched. Before 14 hundred years Muslim had human rights, so saying that human rights is a kind of new phenomenon its wrong and incomplete sentence. Some so called intellectuals used to criticize and blaspheme the picture of Islam in the sense that Islam is not a good religion it has not given rights to its followers and it is somehow rigid, it's totally wrong. Some anti Islamic people believes that Islam is the curse in the world don't go for it. Some says that world is in mess and doldrums situations it's because of Islam and Muslims. Moreover, it is also the belief of some of the anti Islamic forces that terrorism across the globe is prevalent because of Islam and Muslims. This paper is an attempt to challenge all anti Islamic views. And to examine the bunch of rights which Islam has given to human beings? And to justify that Islam is the real custodian and guardian of human rights. And to prove that all anti Islamic challenges are nothing but chimera and myth of the anti Islamic forces over Islam and Muslims.
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Hilal Ahmad Wani
Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Abstract


Islam is the complete code of life because there is not any single dimension related to human beings which had not been touched. Before 14 hundred years Muslim had human rights, so saying that human rights is a kind of new phenomenon its wrong and incomplete sentence. Some so called intellectuals used to criticize and blaspheme the picture of Islam in the sense that Islam is not a good religion it has not given rights to its followers and it is somehow rigid, it's totally wrong. Some anti Islamic people believes that Islam is the curse in the world don't go for it. Some says that world is in mess and doldrums situations it's because of Islam and Muslims. Moreover, it is also the belief of some of the anti Islamic forces that terrorism across the globe is prevalent because of Islam and Muslims. This paper is an attempt to challenge all anti Islamic views. And to examine the bunch of rights which Islam has given to human beings? And to justify that Islam is the real custodian and guardian of human rights. And to prove that all anti Islamic challenges are nothing but chimera and myth of the anti Islamic forces over Islam and Muslims.

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