Islamic Human Rights According to Ayatollah Khameni’s Viewpoints
Subject Areas : Iranian Political Research
1 - Assistant professor, deportment of politics, Research Institute of the Islamic
Sciences and Culture.
Keywords: human rights, freedom, human dignity, women’s rights, right of life, respect for the beliefs of others,
Abstract :
There is no universal understanding concerning human being and various schools of thought have presented different views toward human being based on their belief presumptions. Consequently, human rights can be studied based on the kind of the viewpoints toward human being. Although the human rights have always been clarified based on the approved principles and norms, there is no universal understanding in this regard. The materialistic schools, which have a limited background concerning the issue of the human rights in their society, try to globalize their reading of this concept, and they reproach the others who do not follow this western reading. Beyond the western view, the religion of Islam, which has a long history in considering the human rights, provides a comprehensive view based on human’s material and spiritual needs and makes appropriate recommendations to this end, which naturally differ from the western human rights. Considering the most basic components of the human rights, such as the human dignity, freedom, the right to life, the rights of women and respect for the beliefs of others, Islam has provided solutions for considering the human rights based on recognition of the human needs as stated in the religious instructions. Although, Islam has a similar reading about these elements as the western reading, it suggests different solutions for their realization.
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