Islamic Perspective Journal
Volume 11, Spring 2014
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The Journal of Islamic Perspective published by the London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS) is a peer reviewed Journal of the Center for Humanities and Sociological Studies, affiliated to the London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS). This Journal aims to create a dialogue between intellectuals, thinkers and writers from the Islamic World and academics, intellectuals, thinkers and writers from other parts of the Globe. Issues in the context of Culture, Islamic Thoughts & Civilizations, and other relevant areas of social sciences, humanities and cultural studies are of interest and we hope to create a global platform to deepen and develop these issues in the frame of a Critical Perspective. Our motto is homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto. Contributions to Islamic Perspective do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board or the Center for Humanities and Sociological Studies.
Articles
Human Rights: Two Paradoxes
Judith Blau / 1
Hadith on Predestination: An Evaluation and Reinterpretation
Israr Ahmad Khan / 9
Alternative Discourse on Human Rights
Beytollah Naderlew / 33
In Pursuit of Meaning: A few words on relativism
Esmat Shahmoradi & Mohammad-Javad Javid / 45
Iranian Sociology and the Selective Translation of Theories of Secularisation
Seyed Morteza Hashemi Madani / 65
Rereading Genealogies of Sectarian Conflicts of Shiism and Sunnism
Seyed Javad Miri / 75
Book Reviews
The Manifesto of the Critical Theory of Society and Religion: The Wholly Other,Liberation, Happiness, and the Rescue of the Hopeless.
Reimon Bachika / 85
The Anti-Apartheid Struggle
Muhammed Haron / 98
