Human Rights
Taha Mousavi Mirkalaei; Savalan Mohammadzadeh
Abstract
The present article includes a comparative study of the Islamic and Western approaches to human rights, and the general orientation of this review concentrates on the Universality and Relativism of human rights. The Western approach claims the universality of these rights and believes they are ultra-spot ...
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The present article includes a comparative study of the Islamic and Western approaches to human rights, and the general orientation of this review concentrates on the Universality and Relativism of human rights. The Western approach claims the universality of these rights and believes they are ultra-spot and timeless, despite the diversity of cultures, ethnicity and religions. Thus, it supposes its innovative human rights are extensible elsewhere in the world. The Islamic approach, emphasizing Human Nature as a common unity of all humans, also believes in universal ultra-spot and timeless human rights. However, it essentially and fundamentally disagrees with the western approach. Meanwhile, religious intellectualism accepts the universality of western human rights despite relying on the philosophical foundations of relativism. The present article analyses the existing duality in the positions of intellectualism due to the current dialectic between Islam and western human rights law.
Environmental Law
Sreenivasulu Neeruganti Shanmuka
Abstract
Water is precious and is the lifeline of all the living entities in this universe. Earth, Sky, Air, Fire and water are the five essential spears or elements (pancha bootha) considered sacred on the earth and as well in this universe. More importantly, water occupying two-thirds of the earth's space has ...
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Water is precious and is the lifeline of all the living entities in this universe. Earth, Sky, Air, Fire and water are the five essential spears or elements (pancha bootha) considered sacred on the earth and as well in this universe. More importantly, water occupying two-thirds of the earth's space has been a vital aspect of life on the planet. The water makes life on the earth possible, and is why cores of living entities live on the earth. India is a spiritual country with a diversified culture where water is considered holy and believed to have the power to liberate the soul. Water is worshipped as a god, and we admire water as a mother Ganga flowing from the hair of Lord Shiva, who happens to be the cleanser of the universe. In contrast, Lord Brahma happens to be the creator, and Lord Vishnu is the ruler who governs the entire universe and all the spears of life.
