Human Rights and Justice in Islam

[b]]Human Rights and Justice in Islam


]Islam provides many human rights for the
individual. The following are some of these human rights that Islam protects.

]The life and property of all citizens in an
Islamic state are considered sacred, whether a person is Muslim or not. Islam
also protects honor. So, in Islam, insulting others or making fun of them is not
allowed. The Prophet Muhammad
said: {Truly your blood, your property, and your honor are inviolable.}
[b][size=16]Racism is not allowed in Islam, for the Quran
speaks of human equality in the following terms:
O mankind, We have created you from a
male and a female and have made you into nations and tribes for you to know one
another. Truly, the noblest of you with God is the most pious.
Truly, God
is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
[b][size=16]Islam rejects certain individuals or nations being
favored because of their wealth, power, or race. God created human beings as
equals who are to be distinguished from each other only on the basis of their
faith and piety. The Prophet Muhammad
said: {O people! Your God is one and your
forefather (Adam) is one. An Arab is not better than a non-Arab and a non-Arab
is not better than an Arab, and a red (i.e. white tinged with red) person is not
better than a black person and a black person is not better than a red
person, except in piety.

]One of the major problems facing mankind today is
racism. The developed world can send a man to the moon but cannot stop man from
hating and fighting his fellow man. Ever since the days of the Prophet Muhammad Islam has provided a vivid
example of how racism can be ended. The annual pilgrimage to
Makkah shows the real Islamic brotherhood of all races and nations, when about
two million Muslims from all over the world come to Makkah to perform the
pilgrimage.
Islam is a religion of justice. God has said:
Truly God commands you to give back trusts to
those to whom they are due, and when you judge between people, to judge with
justice....

..And act justly. Truly, God loves those who
are just.
[We should even be just with those who we hate, as
God has said:]
...And let not the hatred of others make you
avoid justice. Be just: that is nearer to piety..
The Prophet Muhammad
said: {People, beware of injustice, for injustice
shall be darkness on the Day of Judgment.}
]And those who have not gotten their rights (i.e.
what they have a just claim to) in this life will receive them on the Day of
Judgment, as the Prophet
said: {On the Day of Judgment, rights will be given to those to whom they are due (and
wrongs will be redressed)...

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