UN Charter of Human Rights-Islam
Faculty: Dr. Syed Zia Tauhid (Profile)
This online course will cover Human Rights in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and Human Rights accorded by Islam. The objective of the course is to find similarities and differences in the declaration of Human Rights by both systems and use that to flourish human rights in the Muslim World and elsewhere.
Required Reading:
Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics. Westview Press, 2007.