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the human rights found in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of
Human rights? I heard that if someone is muslim and renounces his/her
religion, Islam says that he/she should be killed. This would seem to
violate the freedom of religion part of the declaration of human
rights.
A good answer would list any Islamic beliefs (need not be exhaustive)
that violate the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
source of the belief in the religion (such as verses from the Koran),
and the source of the human right (such as a quote from the UN UDHR).
Religions with strict beliefs and nations with a state religion have often dealt harshly with apostates or those whom they felt were such: members of new sects, witches.
Contrary to popular belief, the struggle for universal human rights is not a modern one. Although some claim that the idea of human rights is a Western concept or ideology, Islam was the first institution to advocate and implement such human rights as universal equality and women?s rights. In fact, Islam promoted the universality of the human experience over 1300 years before the United Nations declared it to exist.
Human rights in Islam have been granted by Allah (God), and no individual or legislative assembly has the right to amend, change, or withdraw them. Every Muslim or administrator who claims to be Muslim must accept, recognize and enforce these rights. All those temporal authorities who claim to be Muslims yet violate the rights sanctioned by Allah are either disbelievers or wrong-doers.
Islam grants certain basic human rights to all people, Muslims and non-Muslims, and regardless of their race, nationality, ethnic origin or language. The first of these rights is the right to live and respect human life. Only a proper and competent court of law can decide to take a life in retaliation for murder or for punishment for spreading corruption on the earth. Only a properly established government can decide to wage war. No human being has the right by himself to take a human life for retaliation or for causing mischief on the earth.
Every human has the right to the safety of life. This means that if someone is ill, wounded, starving, or drowning, et cetera, he has the right to be saved.
Islam grants every woman the right to have her chastity respected and guarded under all circumstances. Even in war, a woman who is of the enemy nation cannot be violated. All promiscuous relationships are forbidden to a Muslim, irrespective of the status or position of the woman, and whether or not she is a willing partner to the act.
All people have the right to a basic standard of life. Anyone who is suffering from deprivation has a right in the property and wealth of the Muslims.
Islam grants the individual the right to freedom. It is categorically forbidden to capture a free person and make him a slave or sell him into slavery.
Islam recognizes absolute equality between people. There is no superiority of Arab over non-Arab, white over black, or vice-versa. All people are descended from Adam and are as brothers and sisters.
Islam prescribes the general principle of the right to cooperate and not to co operate. Any person who undertakes a noble and righteous work has the right to expect the Muslims to cooperate with him or support him. The one who perpetrates vice and aggression does not have the right to the Muslims? support and cooperation.
These are general human rights that Islam gives to all. There are other rights set down by Islam dealing with issues such as the rights of citizens in an Islamic state and the rights of enemies during times of war.
REGARDING THE APOSTATE THIS WAS ALSO ADDRESSED FROM WWW.ISLAMONONLINE.NET
Should an Apostate Be Put to Death?
Question:: Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum. Is it true that in Islam a person must be put to death if he or she converts to another religion? Jazakum Allahu khayran.
Date 27/Mar/2006
Mufti Ahmad Kutty
Topic Apostasy
Answer
Wa`alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Dear brother in Islam, thanks a lot for your question, which reflects your care to have a clear view of the teachings of Islam. Allah commands Muslims to refer to knowledgeable people to learn more about the teachings of Islam.
It is absurd for anyone to suggest that Islam advocates killing people who choose to leave Islam. To kill anyone who chooses to follow a religion other than Islam is against the fundamental teachings of the Qur'an. Freedom of conscience is a fundamental principle of the Qur'an that is clearly stated. Thus, if apostates cause no harm to the Muslim community and do not call for spreading hostility towards Islam, they should not to be punished; rather they should be advised kindly and wisely to learn the truth about Islam.
In his response to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states the following:
Freedom of conscience is one of the fundamental rights of humans enshrined in the Qur'an; it is therefore, absurd for anyone to suggest that Islam allows putting people to death just because they convert to another religion.
Even a casual reader of the Qur'an will not fail to be impressed by its emphasis on the freedom of conscience as a cornerstone of its moral structure. To cite a few verses as follows:
error: hence, he who rejects the powers of evil and believes in God has indeed taken hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing] ( Al-Baqarah 2:256)
(Yunus 10:99)
His creatures.] (Aal `Imran 3:20)
; and if you turn away, then know that Our Messenger's only duty is a clear delivery of the message .] (Al-Ma'idah 5:92)
Wehave not sent thee to be their keeper: thou art not bound to do more than deliver the message .] (Ash-Shura 42:48)
I should further state that all of the moral teachings of the Qur'an are based on the notion of moral responsibility, which entails the freedom of choice. Therefore, to state that one must be put to death for choosing to disbelieve would only undermine the entire moral edifice of the Qur'an.
Furthermore, the Qur'an does not allow anyone to harm those who are leaving in peace, no matter what religion they hold on to. This principle has been clearly stated in the Qur'an as follows:
(An-Nisaa' 4:90)
In pursuance of this policy, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) issued clear directives to his soldiers never to disturb those who are engaged in any form of worship. The policy of living and letting others to live is firmly enshrined in the following verses:
(Al-Kafirun 109:1-3, 6)
In full conformity with the above teachings, neither the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) nor any of the four rightly guided caliphs who succeeded him were in the habit of hunting down people and executing them for merely changing their religions. Rather, they refrained from doing so except in rare cases involving treason. Treason, however, is another matter. The punishment for treason in the Qur'an is as strict as it is in the Hebrew Bible. But it must never be confused with mere change of religion.
In conclusion, it is absurd for anyone to suggest that Islam advocates killing people who covert to another religion.
Excerpted, with slight modifications, from www.islam.ca.
yes, there are things in the Koran that are not in line with the UN
Declaration of Human Rights. Also, in the Bible; also, in the Talmud;
also in Hindu holy scriptures, etc, etc.
That does not make this question "which there's an answer that would lead
anywhere sensible"
In fact, you yourself answered "Yes" and what more the question seeks is specifics.
Yes, other religions may also have similar things. It is a questioner's prerogative to focus his question on that which he is interested in knowing. If I ask "Which of Ford SUVs gives less than 15 miles per gallon?", are you going to tell me the question is fallacious because it doesnot include GM or Chrysler or any of the imports ?
which counrty that violates or does not violate the declaration is secondary to the fact that the "islamic religion" does or does not teach stuff that violates the declaration.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=442176
Whyislam-ga,
It is very hard to reconcile some of the Koran's statements about the treatment of Muslims who turn away from Islam with Art. 18 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, but as mentioned above, statements in the Jewish and in the Christian parts of the Bible also are at odds with the Declaration. And, I will readily agree that those Koran statements are NOT "the teachings and beliefs of Islam as a code of life," which is well expressed distinction.
Regards, Myoarin
Facts put "every" religion and its followers on the defensive.
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