The Dignity of Man

An Islamic Perspective

Kamali is a specialist in Islamic law (or Shari'ah) and jurisprudence who teaches law at the International Islamic U. in Malaysia. The present text is a precise and orthodox explication of all aspects of the rights of people to be found in the Qur'an. Each Quranic passage considered is included (in Arabic) within the text. Kamali makes very measured comments on the relation of the Shari'ah and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in his introduction and conclusion. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The present text is a precise and orthodox explication of all aspects of the rights of people to be found in the Qur'an. Each Quranic passage considered is included (in Arabic) within the text.