TY - BOOK AU - Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. TI - Human rights in Arab thought: a reader SN - 1850437076 (hbk.);9781850437079 (hbk.) PY - 2009/// CY - London ;;New York :;New York PB - I.B. Tauris ;;Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan KW - Human rights;Human rights;Human rights;Philosophy, Arab.;Islamic philosophy.;Mensenrechten KW - Philosophy.;Philosophy.;Religious aspects;Islam N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [573]-654) and index N2 - "While the notion of 'human rights' is sometimes thought to be a product of the Western Enlightenment, human rights as a subject for philosophical enquiry and as the basis for government in fact have a long and rich heritage within Arab thought. In thi ER -