Secularist, Humanist Thoughts Dominating Human Rights Declaration
While secularist and humanist thoughts have dominated the Declaration of Human Rights, in view of the Quran, the dominance of religion over human world is principal.
This is according to Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammad Rezaei-Esfehani, academic board member of Al-Mustafa International University, who also told IQNA that there are some common points between the teachings of the Quran and the human rights declaration such as the rights to freedom, ownership, living, etc.
He said that some of the points mentioned in the declaration are either incomplete or opposed to the verses of the Quran, Islamic teachings and Hadiths.
Hojat-ol-Islam Rezaei-Esfehani noted that these arise from two kinds of differences, differences in foundations and differences in certain cases.
He said the first fundamental difference is that humanism, which is the basis of the declaration runs counter to God-based beliefs of Islam.
“In Islam, the basis is servitude to God. Man is the servant of God. But throughout the declaration, as far as I know, there is no mention of God.”
Dean of Quran and Hadith School of Al-Mustafa International University noted that in the Islamic Human Rights Declaration, that has been worked out in Cairo, the issue of man’s servitude to God has been highlighted at the very beginning.
He said being a servant of God was the most important honor for the Holy Prophet (PBUH) who is the best of humankind.
In the Declaration of Human Rights, however, prominence has been given to man and he has been given absolute freedom, a kind of freedom by which man is considered to be free from servitude to God, he noted.
Hojat-ol-Islam Rezaei-Esfehani underlined that secularism, which means separation of religion and politics, is also a point of difference in Islamic and non-Islamic human rights.
“The spirit of secularism dominates the Declaration of Human Rights. For example, Article 17 of the declaration gives absolute right of property to everyone. But according to the Quran, this right is limited to certain conditions. The property and wealth, for instance, should not have been acquired through illegal ways, usury, injustice, etc.”
He went on to say that the Islamic Human Rights Declaration that was signed by Islamic Countries in 1990 may be still far from perfect but it is closer to the teachings of the Quran.
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He said that some of the points mentioned in the declaration are either incomplete or opposed to the verses of the Quran, Islamic teachings and Hadiths.
Hojat-ol-Islam Rezaei-Esfehani noted that these arise from two kinds of differences, differences in foundations and differences in certain cases.
He said the first fundamental difference is that humanism, which is the basis of the declaration runs counter to God-based beliefs of Islam.
“In Islam, the basis is servitude to God. Man is the servant of God. But throughout the declaration, as far as I know, there is no mention of God.”
Dean of Quran and Hadith School of Al-Mustafa International University noted that in the Islamic Human Rights Declaration, that has been worked out in Cairo, the issue of man’s servitude to God has been highlighted at the very beginning.
He said being a servant of God was the most important honor for the Holy Prophet (PBUH) who is the best of humankind.
In the Declaration of Human Rights, however, prominence has been given to man and he has been given absolute freedom, a kind of freedom by which man is considered to be free from servitude to God, he noted.
Hojat-ol-Islam Rezaei-Esfehani underlined that secularism, which means separation of religion and politics, is also a point of difference in Islamic and non-Islamic human rights.
“The spirit of secularism dominates the Declaration of Human Rights. For example, Article 17 of the declaration gives absolute right of property to everyone. But according to the Quran, this right is limited to certain conditions. The property and wealth, for instance, should not have been acquired through illegal ways, usury, injustice, etc.”
He went on to say that the Islamic Human Rights Declaration that was signed by Islamic Countries in 1990 may be still far from perfect but it is closer to the teachings of the Quran.
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