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Women's human rights in the Koran: An interpretive approach (2006)
Journal Article
Shah, N. A. (2006). Women's human rights in the Koran: An interpretive approach. Human rights quarterly, 28(4), 868-903. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2006.0053

This article discusses three different Islamic approaches towards human rights, secular, non-compatible, and reconciliatory, and proposes an interpretive approach. It argues that if the discriminatory statutory Islamic laws of Muslim states are refor... Read More about Women's human rights in the Koran: An interpretive approach.