RSA / Oxford Amnesty Lectures: Religion and Human Rights - Islam and Human Rights with Tariq Ramadan

Event Name RSA / Oxford Amnesty Lectures: Religion and Human Rights - Islam and Human Rights with Tariq Ramadan
Start Date 6th Feb 2008
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Description

Tariq Ramadan Professor of Islamic Studies and currently Senior Research Fellow at St Anthony's College Oxford.

Rights are sometimes thought to derive from the God-given nature of man. But today human rights and religion may find themselves at odds. The universal claims made for rights can run counter to the revealed truths from which religions derive their authority. Many people's sense of human worth and dignity nevertheless depends on recognising the divine in each of us.

For believer and unbeliever alike, the influence of faith in contemporary experience is undeniable. This series of lectures seeks to explore the alliances and discords.