Human rights, the rule of law, and the construction of tradition

Few issues have generated a greater body of literature in recent years than Islam and human rights.Both increasing human rights awareness throughout the Arab world, and human rights rhetoric entering international politics have fuelled the debate on whether « Islam » is incompatible with, or at least hampers, the development of « human rights » as defined in international conventions.While some studies emphasize areas of conflict between « Western » and « Islamic » conceptions of human rights..