Abstract
The world is pluralistic in many ways. It consists of peoples of diverse racial,
ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Several distinct civilizations have
emerged from these diverse peoples. The major civilizations in the
contemporary world include Western, Asian, African and Islamic
civilizations. With these different civilizations come different ideologies, value
systems and worldviews. Although Western civilization has become dominant
in the world, Islamic civilization is its major rival. Some have argued that
given the fundamental differences between Western and Islamic civilizations,
a clash of civilizations is inevitable. This has become apparent particularly in
the area of human rights. The international human rights law that emerged in
the middle of the last century is dominated by Western thought and historical
experience. These human rights lay claim to universality whereas there are
conceptual and normative differences between Islamic and Western
perspectives of human rights.
Dr. Abdulmumini A. Oba. (2012) HUMAN RIGHTS AND BEYOND: SOME CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ISLAMIC AND WESTERN PERSPECTIVES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Volume II, Issue 2.
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