FIQH AL-AQALLIYAT: Toward Another Civil Rights Movement?

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Muhammad Khalid Masud Fiqh al-aqalliyat, translated as “jurisprudence of minorities”, is a fast growing new subject that will impact quite significantly the future of Muslims living in the West. Presently, more than one third of the Muslim population of the world is living as minorities in non-Muslim countries. The situation has posed challenges not only …

Human Rights from the Perspectives of Religion and Law

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Muhammad Khalid Masud The significant contribution of the legal and religious traditions towards the ideas of human dignity, justice, individual accountability, protection of basic rights, rule of law, ratiocination and freedom of consciousness cannot be overstressed. Arguably, it is the legal and social constructions in these areas that paved the way for the monumental progress …

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