Analyzing the Provisions of Universal Declaration of Human Rights In the context of Islamic Law

Abstract

The matter of human rights is the issue of significant concern all over the world. The aftermath of World War II urged the United Nations (UN) to sponsor the rights backed by the constitutional and the international law, obliges all nations to protect the human rights. The prevailing image of the friction is the contorted one, although the discord exists between the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 and some provisions of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) because of its variability with the basic Islamic principles. The UDHR is perceived as the Secular, individualistic and western orientation of human rights and divergent from the Islamic values and Shariah. As the common objective is to secure the human rights and their relationship has direct impact on the development of human life. This article attempts to shed light on the common grounds that are properly accorded and the discord of UDHR with the Constitution of Pakistan in the light of Islamic principles.