Bibliography: BIB23801

Key	BIB23801
Reference type	Book Section
Title	Implications of Twelver Shí'ih Mihdísm on Religious Tolerance : The Case of the Bahá'í Minority in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Book title	Islamic Law Reform and Human Rights : Challenges and Rejoinders
Author	Akhavan, Payam
Editor	Vogt, Kari and Lindholm, Tore Seminar on Human Rights and the Modern Application of Islamic Law (1992 : Oslo, Norway),
Year	1993
Publisher	Nordic Human Rights Publications
Place published	Copenhagen
Abstract	Explores the human rights implications of applying Islamic law in Iran to its Baha’is minority. Akhavan attempts to suggest alternative readings of the shari'a (Islamic religious law) that could reconcile discrepancies between the treatment of Baha’is with Iran’s obligations under international law.
Research notes	Attached pdf has some letters cut off on the left side of certain pages.
Language	English
Keywords	ISLAM; LAW; HUMAN RIGHTS; IRAN; PERSECUTION
Pages	197–218
Section	10.
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