Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Relative Nature of Islam as to Human Rights

To what extent relativism speak for our rights in the realm of religion on Islam:
A debate about universalism and relativism has gradually built up from time when UDHR was declared in 1948. The religious representative is one of the speakers of this debate. They argue that UDHR is influenced by the western cultural norms. It violates the religious norms often. It is secular in nature.
            There are more reasons for such debate. At the moral level, the dimensions of human rights have never been as uniform and definite as they are in international law. A gap between two particular groups in the major cause of such debate. One group tends to be relatively secular and universalist in its approach to human rights. To this group belong intellectuals and professionals familiar with international law and the major independent human rights groups and organizations. The other group consists of clerics and religious leaders familiar with their own cultural traditions but typically not well-versed in international law and human rights.
            Islam has common relative nature that it does not interference in a person to practice his religion or to receive a particular ideology but there is no chance to leave Islam after receiving it willingly.
            Islam declares prohibition on alcohol but the people of other religions can take alcohol and Islam does not interfere in it.
            Present types of human rights speak about the equal rights of both the male and the female but Islam says that they have particular status other than the equal status because of their natural and bodily differences.

            Islam give the opportunity to both the male and female to earn money (economic right) which is common in present human rights concept but it makes male person responsible for the financial necessity of his family. 

No comments:

Post a Comment