Why This Book? In an increasingly pluralistic world, navigating the interplay between faith and freedom is crucial. This book offers nuanced insights and actionable strategies, making it timely and relevant for audiences grappling with these questions in professional, educational, or personal contexts. Sacred Rights delves into key tensions between sacred laws and human rights, examining case studies from diverse religious traditions, including Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and others. It highlights challenges such as gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, freedom of expression, and cultural relativism, while also showcasing efforts to reconcile these conflicts through progressive religious interpretations, legal reforms, and grassroots movements.
Key themes include:
• The universality of human rights versus cultural and religious particularity.
• Strategies for balancing religious freedom with other fundamental rights.
• The roles of international organizations and interfaith dialogues in fostering harmony.
The book’s approach is both scholarly and accessible, designed to appeal to academics, policymakers, human rights advocates, and general readers interested in religion and global justice.