The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach
The human rights discourse of (Western) universalism versus cultural relativism in international law becomes interesting when Islam is put into the equation. Scholars incline to either side of the debate while trying to have something in between to bridge the differences. This article uses a li...
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University of Malaya
2019
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| Summary: | The human rights discourse of (Western) universalism
versus cultural relativism in international law becomes
interesting when Islam is put into the equation.
Scholars incline to either side of the debate while
trying to have something in between to bridge the
differences. This article uses a literature doctrinal
method and does not use the ‘third-person view’ used
by most scholars. Rather, this article uses an ‘aqīdah
approach to analyze the challenge faced by Muslim
international law scholars. It is argued that inclining to
either universalism or relativism is against the Islamic
‘aqīdah (creed). Rather, the position which is correct
according to the Islamic ‘aqīdah is to take a third path,
namely Islamic universalism as a way forward |
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