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Justice, Human Rights, and the Quasi-Civil Society in a Muslim Context
European Journal of Economic and Political Studies
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Justice, Human Rights, and the Quasi-Civil Society in a Muslim Context
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Hakan Yesilova
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Fatih University
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yesilova@fountainmagazine.com
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| Description |
Frequently misunderstood and portrayed negatively in the media, Islam and history of Muslims are not duly appreciated in our times. Islam’s stance to science, rational thinking, and free thought are more often than not disregarded extensively, if not completely. Efforts to develop a globally valid “human rights” project have produced many useful documents and conventions in the twentieth century; however in many ways Islam’s holistic worldview and prescriptions to “why”s and “how”s regarding human existence are not reflected in these documents. This paper aims to present evidence from Islamic code of ethics and justice with an emphasis on universal human rights and to discuss the ulama’s influence on the protection of human rights in the history of Islamic civilization. I prefer to call ulama “quasi-civil society,” for “civil society” as understood today does not have a fully matching counterpart in premodern times, and ulama seems to be the closest instrument balancing the state’s authority. I briefly touch on the guilds, which can also be considered as another quasicivil society, during the Ottoman times, as well.
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Justice; Human Rights; Islam; Ulama; Civil Society; Quasi-Civil Society; Dharuriyat.
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Z00, Z12, Z18.
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European Journal of Economic and Political Studies
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2010
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3
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2
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127-144
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http://www.ejeps.com/index.php/ejeps/article/download/57/57
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application/pdf
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Fatih University
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2016-02-03
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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http://www.ejeps.com/index.php/ejeps/article/view/57
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1307-6035
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1307-6000
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eng
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http://www.ejeps.com/index.php/ejeps/article/view/57/57
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| Rights |
Copyright (c) 2016 European Journal of Economic and Political Studies
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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