Political Rights of Minorities in the Light of Quran and Sunnah اقلیتوں کے سیاسی حقوق قران و سنت کی روشنی میں Section Islamic Literature

Abstract

 When we talk about human rights in Islam we mean to say that these rights have been bestowed by Allah Almighty; they have not been granted by any emperor or any legislative assembly. The rights given by the rulers or by the legislative assemblies, can be taken back in the same way in which they are conferred. The rights given or accepted by any powerful king he can withdraw when he is unhappy; and he can violate them when he likes. In Islam human rights have been given by Allah, no worldly legislative parliament, or any government in the world has any amendment or change in the rights granted by God. Nobody can abolish them or withdraw them. Islamic human rights are not like those rights conferred on paper just for pump and show and denied in actual life when the show is over. It is very clear that the concept of Islam in regard to the human rights is based upon equality, dignity, respect and justice for all human beings.  The western concept of basic human rights is a manmade philosophy of law, in some ways it may right or wrong because it is not God gifted. Western people have done a long struggle to attain basic human rights since Magna Carta to present age but Islamic law is bestowed by Almighty Allah. In this study effort are made to compare fundamental human rights in the light of Islamic teachings and French laws.  Comparative and analytical research methodology is adopted in this study with qualitative approach.  This study perceives that Islamic teachings has all kind of rights and duties, liberties and duties. However, it binds the rights with duties and liberties with responsibilities, which make it distinguish to any other man mad laws including French laws.