Human Rights in Islam: A Comparative Analysis of the Legal Frameworks in context of Pakistan and International Norms

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of human rights in Islamic law in context of Pakistan and comparative with international human rights. The study employed doctrinal legal research to achieve the objectives of this study in which the researcher collected data from the primary and secondary sources. The primary sources include Quran, Hadith and statutes regarding the human rights in Pakistan and international standards. The secondary sources include research articles and relevant commentaries books. Current study fits into the present knowledge gaps by providing an understanding towards the methodology of human rights in Islamic jurisdictions, specifically in the system of Pakistan. It also discusses how shariah and international human rights systems are similar and differ. It is a fact that as the research highlighted for the reader there is some degree of resemblance between the Islamic law and for instance the principles of density and equality in the international human rights laws but there is a difference. Pakistan legal system inherited an extended understanding of Islamic law and international human right laws but it has problem of enforcement. This study find that there is required more of legal and cultural blend between Shari’ah law in context of Pakistan.