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Human Rights and Justice in Islam

Islam provides many human rights for the individual. The following are some of
these human rights that Islam protects.
The life and property of all citizens in an Islamic state are considered sacred,
whether a person is Muslim or not. Islam also protects honor. So, in Islam,
insulting others or making fun of them is not allowed. The Prophet Muhammad
said: {Truly your blood, your property, and your honor are inviolable.}
Racism is not allowed in Islam, for the Quran speaks of human equality in the
following terms:
O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female and have made you into
nations and tribes for you to know one another. Truly, the noblest of you with
God is the most pious. Truly, God is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (Quran, 49:13)
Islam rejects certain individuals or nations being favored because of their
wealth, power, or race. God created human beings as equals who are to be
distinguished from each other only on the basis of their faith and piety. The
Prophet Muhammad said: {O people! Your God is one and your forefather (Adam) is
one. An Arab is not better than a non-Arab and a non-Arab is not better than an
Arab, and a red (i.e. white tinged with red) person is not better than a black
person and a black person is not better than a red person, except in piety.}
One of the major problems facing mankind today is racism. The developed world
can send a man to the moon but cannot stop man from hating and fighting his
fellow man. Ever since the days of the Prophet Muhammad , Islam has provided a
vivid example of how racism can be ended. The annual pilgrimage (Hajj) to Makkah
shows the real Islamic brotherhood of all races and nations, when about two
million Muslims from all over the world come to Makkah to perform the
pilgrimage.
Islam is a religion of justice. God has said:
Truly God commands you to give back trusts to those to whom they are due, and
when you judge between people, to judge with justice.... (Quran, 4:58)
And He has said:
...And act justly. Truly, God loves those who are just. (Quran, 49:9)
We should even be just with those who we hate, as God has said:
...And let not the hatred of others make you avoid justice. Be just: that is
nearer to piety.... (Quran, 5:8)
The Prophet Muhammad said: {People, beware of injustice, for injustice shall be
darkness on the Day of Judgment.}
And those who have not gotten their rights (i.e. what they have a just claim to)
in this life will receive them on the Day of Judgment, as the Prophet said: {On
the Day of Judgment,
rights will be given to those to whom they are due (and wrongs will be
redressed)...}


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