Preview

Human Rights Situation In Pakistan

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
995 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Human Rights Situation In Pakistan
Human Rights Situation in Pakistan

Human rights are the foundation of our society. They pave way for protection which takes us to homes. From home comes family. From family comes education. From education we learn to think rationally because of which we form a government for equal opportunity and harmony. But, the society we are in now lacks the very foundation that is supposed to guide us. There are three areas of Human Rights that are considered generally very perfect in Pakistan, although they have the poorest record in our country; Right to profess ones religion, Freedom of Speech and Expression and Woman Rights. In this essay certain verses from the Holy Quran and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad will be pointed out as the national religion of Pakistan is Islam, which is the epitome of Human Rights as stated by Dr Riffat, founder of “The International Network for the Right of the Female Victims in Pakistan”.
Firstly this essay will discuss the 20th article from the Pakistan Human Rights document; the freedom to profess ones religion. The minority; people of other religion (apart from Muslims) are usually blessed by our society and government by unfair treatments which includes burning of their houses on rumors related to blasphemy against Islam, land grabbing and mass slaughtering in the name of religion. A report in 2014 was released by the “Movement of Solidarity and Peace in Pakistan” that around thousand women from Christian and Hindu communities are forced to convert to Islam and made to marry Muslim men. The Holy Quran strictly implies, “There shall be no compulsion in (acceptance of) religion” (Chapter 2, verse 75, The Holy Quran). In Chapter 4, verse 75, the rights of the minority are discussed a bit more deeply, “Why should you not fight in the cause of Allah and those who are weak, are ill-treated and oppressed?” Then there is Pakistan’s Law of Blasphemy, which has been misused to target the minority in our country. The case of Aasiyah Noureen, a
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Women's Rights Broadened Or Restricted Dbq Analysis
    • 495 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Women's Rights Broadened Or Restricted Dbq Analysis

    Women’s rights have been a highly controversial topic throughout Islamic history. Historians to this day argue whether Islam broadens or restricts them. Some argue that women’s rights have expanded because they are considered equals in God’s eyes, are allowed to vote, and the government has attempted to broaden women’s rights. However, previous women rights have been taken away, laws favor men, and women are commonly valued for appearances.…

    • 495 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Theocracy in the Middle East: outline
    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Theocracy in the Middle East: outline

    After the Second World War, the world was shocked and astounded by the amount of atrocities committed against their fellow man in regards to violating what were seen as fundamental human rights. As a result, on 10 December 1948 the United Nations came together to draft and publish the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with over 50 states participating in its drafting. While in recent years, violations of human rights have not reached the depths of that seen in the Second World War, but there are still many rights being infringed upon to date. In Saudi Arabia, a country is flourishing in wealth under the rule of a theocratic government where public officials are divinely guided to enforce the law in the country in line with the Islamic faith. Although Saudi Arabia stands as a prospering country, the infringements on not only secular but religious rights are quite apparent as well. With infringements on the freedom of religion, speech and expression, and the right to work apparent to the outside world, the question to be answered is what role does the Islamic religion play in the Saudi Arabian theocracy resulting in violations of universally recognized human rights?…

    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    In 1844, Samuel Morse Demonstrated the Use of the Telegraph as the First Device to Send Messages Via Electricity Using His Own Morse Code (Morse Code History). and Thus Began the Race to Invent Smaller and More Portable
    • 1123 Words
    • 5 Pages

    In 1844, Samuel Morse Demonstrated the Use of the Telegraph as the First Device to Send Messages Via Electricity Using His Own Morse Code (Morse Code History). and Thus Began the Race to Invent Smaller and More Portable

    Mernissi, Fatima, The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam. Basic Books, 1991. Print.…

    • 1123 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Progressive Muslims Post 9/11
    • 826 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Progressive Muslims Post 9/11

    Part II – Progressive Muslims and Gender Justice – Transforming Feminisms: Islam, Women, and Gender Justice…

    • 826 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Why Do Women Have Restrictions In The Abbasid
    • 932 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Why Do Women Have Restrictions In The Abbasid

    As the major religious text of Islam, it is therefore of great importance that the Qur’an seeks to improve the social position of women, intends women to be the spiritual equals of men, and gives them considerable economic rights (McKay et al 251). Even after Muhammed’s death, women continued to have many rights during the first and second caliphate, and their words were still regarded, even concerning social and spiritual matters (Ahmed 72). In fact, in the first two centuries of Islam, women had autonomy…

    • 932 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Are Muslim Women Under Oppresssion or Not
    • 2222 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Are Muslim Women Under Oppresssion or Not

    Among the many topics of interest to non-Muslims, the status of Muslim women and the theme of their rights, or rather, the perceived lack of them seems to be foremost. The differences in how the Islamic countries interpret and follow the Islamic laws, seems to contribute to this perception. An acceptable number of Muslims and non-Muslims do agree that women should have more equal rights, whilst others believe that traditional gender differences under Muslim law are proper and positive in the Muslim society. The meaning of the words “Muslim” and “oppression” might help us to understand the argument over whether Muslim women are oppressed by the Islamic laws. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, under the definition of Muslim, the etymology of the word Muslim is given as the “active participle of aslama to submit oneself to the will of God, of which the noun of action is islām.” The OED goes on to say that one is referred to as a Muslim if one is “a follower of the religion of Islam,” and that Muslim as an adjective means “of or relating to Islam, its followers, or their culture” (defs. A1 and B). The same dictionary defines oppression as the “prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority, control, or power; tyranny; exploitation” or “the action of forcibly putting down or crushing; the repression or suppression of a person or thing” (defs. 2a and 4). It is now clear then that the argument is whether or not the Muslim women are being suppressed or treated unjustly under the Islamic laws. My own view is that Muslim women are not oppressed under the Islamic law. Women who follow Islam voluntarily may not be equal to men in the manner defined by Western feminists, but their cultural core differences from men are acknowledged by the Islamic laws, and they have rights of their own that do not apply to men.…

    • 2222 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Religious Discrimination in the Work Place
    • 1469 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Religious Discrimination in the Work Place

    Thesis Statement: The First Amendment gives all American the freedom of religion, expression and speech. However, in today’s post 9-11 society Muslims are experiencing an incredible increase in discrimination.…

    • 1469 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Middle Eastern Women Rights in Islamic Society
    • 1419 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Middle Eastern Women Rights in Islamic Society

    In the Middle East a person’s religion is a way of life, the basis of their identity. It defines a person’s beliefs and morality as it sets strong guidelines for behaviors between both men and women. Without Religion, it is said society would “fall apart” forgetting about their God and responsibilities that carry their honor. For many religious Middle easterners their faith gives them a powerful sense of who they are. While many feel this powerful sense of support others feel a religion’s rules or morals can also restrict a person’s freedom. This burden tends to fall on women in the Middle East where most religions are developed and led by men (Harik and Marston 53).…

    • 1419 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Rise and expansion of islam
    • 1320 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Rise and expansion of islam

    The rise and expansion of Islam has had a significant impact on the role and rights of women throughout history. Since its origin in the seventh century until modern times, the Muslim faith has somewhat broadened, but has mostly restricted women’s rights in numerous Islamic communities. The history of Muslim women is complex, as it involves many advances and declines in numerous locations, such as Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iran, concerning several subjects, including both civil and social rights. Thus, in general, the rights of Islamic women did not improve significantly over time, instead, conditions remained the same or became worse for women as Islam evolved and spread as a world religion.…

    • 1320 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Oppression Of Islam In Women's Freedom
    • 135 Words
    • 1 Page

    The Oppression Of Islam In Women's Freedom

    Subjectively, Islam is worldwide known as a close-minded religion in which women suffer the most. However, prejudgments are strong on the outsiders’ view, who emphasize the negative aspects of Muslims and leave aside the positive features of this religion. One of the most distinctive characteristic of Islam in women is the hijab, which for western society only displays a dying beam of freedom in their life. Nevertheless, the hijab does not restricts women’s freedom as member of a society.…

    • 135 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Misunderstood Muslim Women
    • 1146 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Misunderstood Muslim Women

    For centuries, women in Islam have been the victims of wrongful misconceptions for either personal or mutual gain to usually denigrate and slander Muslims and the religion of Islam. Although some do have underlying intention, others purely do it out of sheer ignorance, as simply because they do not understand something they hastily deem it as wrong or preposterous. These misconceptions usually focus on the woman’s rights of equality and opportunity, as well as their position and status in Islam. Their modesty and strong sense of dignity is often misunderstood as oppression by the public and by the media who are also responsible for affirming these delusions. Women as mothers, wives and daughters as taught by Islam and shown by the Prophet Mohammed (saw) is something far greater than what is generally understood by the public.…

    • 1146 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Muslim Women : the Veil
    • 3327 Words
    • 14 Pages

    Muslim Women : the Veil

    Mainly, many non-Muslims and few Muslims also, fail to examine and analyse this issue and openly condemn this practice. Modernization has lessened the gap between men and women but it fails to understand that though ‘Men and women are equal but not identical’. Many feminists’ approaches have been taken against the suppression of Muslim women. They argue that Islam like any patriarchal religion, subordinates women. They are committed to women’s rights and believe that…

    • 3327 Words
    • 14 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Best Essays

    Pluralism in Islam
    • 3187 Words
    • 13 Pages

    Pluralism in Islam

    While Islam stresses on the unity of humanity, it also recognizes human diversity and gives valuable principles to deal with ethnic, racial and religious differences in society. This paper discusses Religious Pluralism in the light of Quran and Hadith. Islam gives rights to all citizens of Muslim state; granting them protection and allowing them to co-exist in a multi religious society giving birth to the Religious Pluralistic society.…

    • 3187 Words
    • 13 Pages
    Best Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Islamic Law
    • 11643 Words
    • 47 Pages

    Islamic Law

    In 2009, a 12-strong ‘planning committee’ of Muslim academics and activists from 11 different countries launched, in Kuala Lumpur, a ‘global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family’ with the following statement: We hold the principles of Islam to be a source of justice, equality, fairness and dignity for all human beings. We declare that equality and justice are necessary and possible in family law and practice in Muslim countries and communities.1 The website heading adds: ‘The time for realising…

    • 11643 Words
    • 47 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    miss rope cross
    • 1083 Words
    • 5 Pages

    miss rope cross

    The roots of Islamic reawakening in the twentieth century are often traced in the Muslim response to the western colonialism in Asia and Africa. While it may be one contributory factor in the case of few Muslim countries, a global Islamic reassertion, we notice as a wonder even in countries, which were not colonised by the western imperialists. A serious study of the Islamic sources, the Quran and the Sunnah will show that Islam as the way of life and a total system had an innate tendency to activate and reinvigorate from within, the process of Islam re-assertion. The dynamic principle responsible for these occurrences is mentioned in the prophetic hadith as ijtihad meaning the effort and endeavour under­taken for attaining some objective. (http://www.icna.org/tm/greatmuslim1.htm) (7/3/14). Many of his contemporaries were doubtful that Islam could also provide constitutional principles of the Quran but also fought to establish it in Pakistan. Its chief characteristic lies in presenting the meaning and message of the Qur’an in a language and style that penetrates the hearts and minds of the men and women of today’s demonstrations the relevance of the Quran to their everyday problems, both on the individual and societal planes. (xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/14934970/16656846/name/Maududi.pdf).…

    • 1083 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More

Related Topics