Concepts Of Human Rights In The Light Of Pentateuch: A Descriptive & Comparative Study Of Its Similar Commandments In The Light Of Islamic Teachings

Abstract

Human Rights are the moral & social principles that protect society from disrespect, deprivation & disruption. Human society is based on justice, sympathy, and mutual equality. The absence of these characteristics leads the community towards unrest & violence.

A society that practices Human rights in its true spirit reaches the status of Peace, which develops the characteristics of Equality, Harmony, and tolerance.

The current research will elaborate on the concept of Human Rights in general and describe the religious Literature of the Pentateuch specifically and these commandments will be further reviewed in terms of their similarities & dissimilarities with Islamic teachings and a Comparative Analysis will be made.

The current descriptive and comparative research is based mainly on two parts. The first part briefly introduced Human rights in the modern era. The second part has described the commandments of Human rights in the Books of Moses/Pentateuch, Talmud, and human rights phenomena in Judaism. The third and last part has elaborated the selected basic Human rights from the perspectives of Islam. The present research aims to discuss human dignity, duties, and ownership in the light of the original literature of two semantic religions, Judaism and Islam. The purpose is to highlight the importance of human dignity in society, their duties towards maintaining Peace, equality, nonviolence and unbiasedness in society.