Human Rights in Islam

Book Id: WPLBN0000674114
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Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Human Rights in Islam
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Islamic Literature, Islam.
Collections:	Islamic Literature Collection
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Islamic Literature

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Excerpt: Since God is the absolute and the sole master of men and the universe, and since He has given each man human dignity and honor, and breathed into him of His own spirit, it follows that men are essentially the same. In fact, the only differences between them are such artificial ones as nationality, color, or race. Thus, all human beings are equal and form one universal community that is united in its submission and obedience to God. And at the center of this universal brotherhood is the Islamic confession of the oneness of God that, by extension, includes the oneness and brotherhood of humanity ...