EUP429 Islam and Human Rights

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2011
Rozsah
2/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Zaid Eyadat, PhD. (přednášející), PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
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Course Description: This is an introductory course on Islam and human rights. The primary thematic focus will be on theoretical and practical issues concern Islam and Human Rights. After a brief introduction to the concept of universalism and relativism, the course will lay out the western conceptual framework of human rights against which the Islamic theorizing on the subject will be studied. The issue of minorities' rights and woman rights in Islam will receive special focus.
Osnova
  • Required Readings: • Dalacoura, Katerina. Islam, Liberalism, and Human Rights. London: I.B. Tauris. • Abdullahi an-Na`im. Religious Minorities under Islamic Law and the Limits of Cultural Relativism, Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 9:1, 1987, pp. 1-18. • Fred Halliday, Relativism and Universalism in Human Rights: the Case of the Islamic Middle East, Political Studies, 43: 152–167. • Almihdar, Zainah (2008) Human Rights of Women and Children under the Islamic Law of Personal Status and Its Application in Saudi Arabia, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 1. • Jack Donnelly. 2003, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, Cornell University Press • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. • Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam. • The Universal Islamic declaration of Human Rights. Suggested Readings • John L.Esposito and Dalia Mogahed, Who Speaks for Islam? What Billion Muslims really think? New York: Gallup, 2007. • Ali, Shaheen. Gender and Human Rights in Islam and International Law. Kluwer Law International: The Hague, 2000. • Mayer, Ann. Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics. United States: Westview Press, 2007. • Human Rights and the World’s Major Religions. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2005. • Mayer, Ann. Elizabeth. Clashing Human Rights Priorities: How the United States and Muslim Countries Selectively Use Provisions of International Human Rights Law. Chennai Journal Of Intercultural Philosophy 44. • Abdullahi an-Na`im, Toward an Islamic Reformation: Civil Liberties, Human Rights, and International Law, Syracuse University Press, 1996. • Jerome Shestack (1998).The Philosophy Foundations of Human Righte. Human Rights Quarterly, 20.201-234 • UNDP Reports on Human Rights and Human Development. • Muslim World Journal of Human rights. • Human Rights Quarterly.(Journal). Course Schedule and outlines: Topic(s) to be covered Preparation/readings 1 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Universalism and Relativism - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Report. - Fred Halliday, Relativism and Universalism in Human Rights: the Case of the Islamic Middle East. - Jack Donnelly. 2003, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. 2 Western conceptual constructs on Human Rights - Jack Donnelly. 2003, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, pgs: (7-21). - Dalacoura, Katerina. Islam, Liberalism, and Human Rights, chapter 1. 3 Islam and Human Rights: Theoretical Framework - Dalacoura, Katerina. Islam, Liberalism, and Human Rights, pgs: (39-75). 4 Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam The Universal Islamic declaration of Human Rights - Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, Report. - The Universal Islamic declaration of Human Rights, Report. 5 Human Rights in Islam: debatable Issues - Minorities Rights in Islam - Women’s Rights in Islam - Abdullahi an-Na`im. Religious Minorities under Islamic Law and the Limits of Cultural Relativism. - Almihdar, Zainah (2008) "Human Rights of Women and Children under the Islamic Law of Personal Status and Its Application in Saudi Arabia.
Metody hodnocení
An essay for the entire course (around 3000 words)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Schedule: 13.6. 14.00-15.40 U32 14.6. 16.00-17.40 U32 15.6. 16.00-17.40 U32 16.6. 14.00-15.40 U32 21.6. 16.00-17.40 U32
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