Prof. Dr. Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef hails from Kabul, Afghanistan. He holds LLB (honors), Master of Comparative Law, Ph.D in law and Diploma in Human Sciences. To date, he has published 6 books and 62 Journal Articles, on various topical issues in Islamic law. He also has presented numerous papers in National and International conferences. Currently, he is a Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence in the Department of Islamic Jurisprudence, Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. In the year 2012, he was awarded IsmaSil FaruqiSs Quality Publication Award as the main author for the book entitled: Issues in Contemporary Zakah: A Juristic Analytical Evaluation, by the University. Prof. Dr. Najibah Mohd Zin obtained LL.B in 1988 and started her career as a lecturer in Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws soon after her graduation. She obtained her Master of Comparative law in 1990 and pursued her doctorate in Glasgow Caledonian University, UK in 1995. As a lecturer, she taught various subjects of civil and syariah laws including law of contract, law of torts, land law, Islamic legal system, family laws and Shariah Procedures. At present, Prof. Najibah is specializing in family related laws, and women’s rights and teaches these courses at postgraduate level. She supervises research students in these related fields. Prof. Najibah has gained international recognition as examiners of theses and invited as a guest speaker on family law as well as various issues relating to gender and women’s rights in Malaysia. Prof. Najibah was a visiting fellow in National University of Singapore and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford in 2005 and 2010-2011 respectively. Mek Wok Mahmud is currently an Assoc. Professor at the Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh. She was the Deputy Dean of Postgraduate and Research at the Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) from 2013 until 2015. She has been serving as a senior academic staff and conducting research at IIUM since 1989. From 2006 to 2010, she was holding the post of Head of the Department and was also the Principal of Maryam Residential College at IIUM. She is the author and editor of several books in the areas of gender studies from Islamic perspective, Islamic Banking and Finance, Women and Politics, Women Family Issues and Issues in Contemporary Zakat. She also has published numerous articles and book chapters. She was awarded the Best Lecturers Award for teaching Parenting Course under Co-Curricular Activities and Ismail Faruqüs Award as the co-author of the book entitled: Issues in Contemporary Zakah: A Juristic Analytical Evaluation at University level. She also has delivered numer many papers in national and international conferences.
ISSUES OF HARMONIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM
The question of harmonization between Islam and human rights is one of the most debatable issues in contemporary discourse among Muslim academics. At the root of the controversy lies the question about the legitimacy of such an academic engagement. This is primarily because the common perception is that the notion of human rights as embodied in Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its supplementary documents is bound by its underlying humanistic assumptions about humans which are anathema to the Islamic concept of human beings as bond-servants and vicegerents of God on earth. Accordingly, its reconcilability with Islam in general and with ShariSah in particular is a divisive issue among Muslim thinkers. Approaches range from vehement rejection to liberal treatment even to the extent of compromising fixed parts of Islamic law. A middle of the road approach within the framework of Islamic legal methodology of harmonization is still in the making. It is with this agenda in perspective that the authors of this book have engaged on various topical issues on the subject. The central theme emerging from the papers is that the discourse on harmonization between Islam and human rights should be pursued through a critical engagement with both international human rights theories and Muslim intellectual legacy within the parameters and non-negotiable principles of the Qui an and Sunnah about humans and their rights. Prof. Dr. Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef hails from Kabul, Afghanistan. He holds LLB (honors), Master of Comparative Law, Ph.D in law and Diploma in Human Sciences. To date, he has published 6 books and 62 Journal Articles, on various topical issues in Islamic law. He also has presented numerous papers in National and International conferences. Currently, he is a Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence in the Department of Islamic Jurisprudence, Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. In the year 2012, he was awarded IsmaSil FaruqiSs Quality Publication Award as the main author for the book entitled: Issues in Contemporary Zakah: A Juristic Analytical Evaluation, by the University.
- ISBN 9?8-967-418-418-6 IIUM Press
- Presented BY Mek Wok Mahmud, Prof. Dr. Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef, Prof. Dr. Najibah Mohd Zin
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