MINORITIES AND POLITICAL RIGHTS: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ICCPR AND ISLAMIC DOCTRINE

Abstract

Human Rights are the oldest phenomenon in the world that develops with the passage of time. The basic idea of human rights was the right to live, liberty and property. But now, human rights can divide into many categories such as civil rights, political rights, social rights, economic rights, religious rights, cultural rights and many more. This article is about the understanding of political rights in the concept of western human rights and Islam. This article further focus on te political right of minorities, especially religious minorities. For this study, secondary data and techniques of data analysis were used.