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Human Rights and Islam
Title
Human Rights and Islam [electronic resource (video)] / International Center for G.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c1995.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (26 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 14, 2013.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
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Summary
Some Muslim countries have tried to introduce the concept of Islamic Human Rights. The Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam, provides an overview on the Islamic perspective on human rights, and affirms Islamic law (Shari'ah) as its sole source. This episode looks at the abuses on both sides, including the conflict in Algeria that pits an authoritarian government against an insurgent Islamist movement. Independent producer Susan Mazur goes behind the lines in Kashmir to report on the human rights implications of the prolonged battle for freedom. Producer Ademir Kenovic of SaGA film company records the impression of children in war torn Sarajevo. Also featured is a report on the fight of Muslim women to change their status as second-class citizens.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Original broadcast title: Human Rights and Islam, Show #309 International Center for G, 1995.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 to 12.
Contents
Introduction: Human Rights and Islam (0:46)
Human Rights in Muslim Countries (0:38)
Algerian Civil War (3:50)
Algerian Opposition (2:17)
Kashmir Conflict (2:47)
Abuses by India in Kashmir (2:27)
War in Children (2:49)
Bosnian War and Children (4:04)
Veil and Human Rights (4:09)
Additional Resources, Sponsors & Credits: Human Rights and Islam: Rights & Wrongs- Human Rights Television (1:38)
Videorecording number
53112s Infobase
53153 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
International Center for G.
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