This teaching manual is part of an on-going initiative of a number of institutions and colleagues to make materials and resources available and accessible for a range of Islamic law modules to an English speaking audience.
The main aim of this module is to introduce students to comparative perspectives on Islamic law and Human Rights drawing upon English language scholarship in the field. It is intended to provide an understanding of sources of the Islamic legal tradition including the Qur'an Hadith Ijma Qiyas and Ijtihad with a view to explore the basis of human rights within this tradition and available spaces for discursive engagement. Finally this module aims to use a case study method to analyse some key themes including Islamic human rights perspectives on women's human rights children's rights rights of minorities family law and Islamic criminal justice.
