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Cover -- Series -- Human Rights Between Universality And Islamic Legitimacy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Human Rights As A Question Of Identity -- Part I. Contexts Of Muslim Human Rights Discourse -- 1. Contemporary Context -- 2. Historical Context -- 3. Theological Context -- Part Ii. Reconstructing The Muslim Discourse On Human Rights -- 4. Rejection And Incompatibility -- 5. Appropriation -- 6. Assimilation -- 7. Summary And Outlook -- Part Iii. Islamic Foundations Of A Universal Conception Of Human Rights -- 8. The Purpose Of Islamic Law (maqāṣid Al-sharī'a) 9. A Critical Review -- 10. New Conceptions Of The Maqāṣid -- Part Iv. Human Rights And Human Needs -- 11. Conceptions Of Human Rights -- 12. Human Needs -- 13. Human Rights As Institutions For The Protection Of Human Needs -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. Mahmoud Bassiouni; Translated By Ciaran Cronin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.