Muslims and Global Justice

Contents

Contents introduction: Reimagining Global Justice 1 Part I. The Challenge of Universality and Cultural/Religious Legitimacy 33 Chapter 1. islamic ambivalence to Political violence: islamic law and international terrorism 35 Chapter 2. Problems of universal Cultural legitimacy for Human Rights 65 Chapter 3. toward a Cross-Cultural approach to defining international standards of Human Rights: the Meaning of Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or Punishment 97 Part II. Prospects of Mediation for the Paradox of Universality and State Self-Regulation 119 Chapter 4. state Responsibility under international Human Rights law to Change Religious and Customary laws 121 Chapter 5. islamic Foundations of Religious Human Rights 140 Chapter 6. Cultural transformation and normative Consensus on the Best interest of the Child 161 Chapter 7. toward an islamic Hermeneutics for Human Rights 182 vi Contents Part III. Regional and Global Perspectives 197 Chapter 8. Competing Claims to Religious Freedom and Communal self-determination in africa 199 Chapter 9. Globalization and Jurisprudence: an islamic Perspective 223 Chapter 10. the Politics of Religion and the Morality of Globalization 247 Chapter 11. Global Citizenship and Human Rights: From Muslims in europe to european Muslims 272 notes 315 Bibliography 345 index 369 acknowledgments 375 ...