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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Main Authors:	Muhammadin, Fajri Matahati, Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
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Published:	University of Malaya 2019
Subjects:	KBP Islamic Law
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spelling	iium-795852020-03-17T06:12:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79585/ The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach Muhammadin, Fajri Matahati Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham KBP Islamic Law 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 University of Malaya 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79585/1/79585_THE%20WESTERN%20UNIVERSALISM_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79585/2/79585_THE%20WESTERN%20UNIVERSALISM_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79585/3/79585_THE%20WESTERN%20UNIVERSALISM_wos.pdf Muhammadin, Fajri Matahati and Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham (2019) The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach. Afkar, 21 (2). pp. 175-216. ISSN 1511-8819 https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/afkar/article/view/21512/11000 10.22452/afkar.vol21no2.6
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spellingShingle	KBP Islamic Law Muhammadin, Fajri Matahati Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach
description	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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author	Muhammadin, Fajri Matahati Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
author_facet	Muhammadin, Fajri Matahati Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
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title	The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach
title_short	The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach
title_full	The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach
title_fullStr	The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach
title_full_unstemmed	The western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: An ‘Aqīdah-based approach
title_sort	western universalism v. cultural relativism debate on human rights and islam: an ‘aqīdah-based approach
publisher	University of Malaya
publishDate	2019
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