Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective

Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective

This paper discusses the plight of the Syrian refugees and the responsibility of the Muslim states, especially the rich ones in the region, to grant the desperate Syrians asylum and protection. This responsibility emanates from the Islamic legal principles, as enshrined in the two primary sources...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
K Law (General)
KBP Islamic Law
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/1/paper%20kundasang.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/2/prog%20kundasang.pdf
id iium-54421
recordtype eprints
spelling iium-544212017-02-07T08:29:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/ Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law This paper discusses the plight of the Syrian refugees and the responsibility of the Muslim states, especially the rich ones in the region, to grant the desperate Syrians asylum and protection. This responsibility emanates from the Islamic legal principles, as enshrined in the two primary sources of Islamic law, namely the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh). Other sources of Islamic law will also be referred to strengthen the argument that Muslim states have moral, religious and even legal obligation in Islam to provide the necessary protection to refugees in general and the Syrian refugees in particular. Had these states fulfilled their obligation vis-a vis refugees, the Syrian asylum seekers could have not risked their life to use the dangerous sea routs to seek asylum and protection in the European states. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/1/paper%20kundasang.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/2/prog%20kundasang.pdf Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib (2016) Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective. In: 7th International Conference on Global Business & Social Entrepreneurship (7th ICoGBSE), 27th-28th Nov. 2016, Kinabalu Pine Resort, Kundasang, Sabah. (Unpublished) http://submit.confbay.com/conf/7icogbse
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
language English
English
topic K Law (General)
KBP Islamic Law
spellingShingle K Law (General)
KBP Islamic Law
Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective
description This paper discusses the plight of the Syrian refugees and the responsibility of the Muslim states, especially the rich ones in the region, to grant the desperate Syrians asylum and protection. This responsibility emanates from the Islamic legal principles, as enshrined in the two primary sources of Islamic law, namely the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh). Other sources of Islamic law will also be referred to strengthen the argument that Muslim states have moral, religious and even legal obligation in Islam to provide the necessary protection to refugees in general and the Syrian refugees in particular. Had these states fulfilled their obligation vis-a vis refugees, the Syrian asylum seekers could have not risked their life to use the dangerous sea routs to seek asylum and protection in the European states.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
author_facet Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
author_sort Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
title Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective
title_short Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective
title_full Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective
title_fullStr Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed Muslim states and Syrian refugees: the Islamic perspective
title_sort muslim states and syrian refugees: the islamic perspective
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/1/paper%20kundasang.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54421/2/prog%20kundasang.pdf
first_indexed 2023-09-18T21:17:01Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T21:17:01Z
_version_ 1777411629962493952

Similar Items