Fluent Essays

The required readings are: Monishipouri, Human Rights in the Middle East, Part II, chapter 6 Chase, Routledge Handbook, Part I, chapter 8 After reading those chapter,    Themes, Questions and Independent Research Summarize the main themes of the readings to which you have been assigned. Are the readings similar or different in the way that they explain the human rights of minority groups in the Iran? Do you find the approach that the readings adopt to this issue convincing or not? Explain. Choose two “minority” groups identified in the readings. Then, (1)  Summarize the status of these groups as explained in the readings. (2)  Undertake relevant research on the World Wide Web. In light of your research, provide a concise summary of the current situation of these groups. Please keep this in mind for your online research:  Your sources MUST BE from ONE of the following categories:  International Nongovernmental Organizations research (human rights watch)1 Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa Recent events su as ‘Iran’s Green Revolution’ and the ‘Arab Uprisings’ have exploded notions that human rights are irrelevant to Middle Eastern and North African politics. Increasingly seen as a global concern, human rights are at the fulcrum of the region’s on- the-ground politics, transnational intellectual debates, and global political intersections. e Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa: emphasises the need to consider human rights in all their dimensions, rather than solely focusing on the political dimension, in order to understand the structural reasons behind the persistence of human rights violations; explores the various frameworks in whi to consider human rights—conceptual, political and transnational/international; discusses issue areas subject to particularly intense debate— gender, religion, sexuality, transitions and accountability; contains contributions from perspectives that span from global theory to grassroots reflections, emphasising the need for academic work on human rights to seriously engage with the thoughts and practices of those working on the ground. 2 A multidisciplinary approa from solars with a wide range of expertise allows the book to capture the complex dynamics by whi human rights have had, or could have, an impact on Middle Eastern and North African politics. is book will therefore be a key resource for students and solars of Middle Eastern and North African politics and society, as well as anyone with a concern for Human Rights across the globe. Anthony Tirado Chase is a Professor in International Relations at Occidental College, USA. Professor Chase is a theoretician of human rights, most oen in the context of the Middle East. 3 Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa Edited by Anthony Tirado Chase 4 First published 2017 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 5 711 ird Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2017 Anthony Tirado Chase e right of the editor to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual apters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, meanical, or other means, now known or hereaer invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication DH u m a n R i g h ts i n t h e M i d d l e E a s t This page intentionally left blank H u m a n R i g h ts i n t h e M i d d l e E a s t F r a m e w o r k s, G o a l s, a n d S t r at e g i e s E d i t e d b y M a h m o o d M o n s h i p o u r i HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST Copyright © Mahmood Monshipouri, 2011. All rights reserved. First published in 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States – a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Pub- lishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Human rights in the Middle East : frameworks, goals, and strategies / edited by Mahmood Monshipouri. p. cm. 1. Human rights—Middle East. 2. Human rights—Religious aspects—Islam. 3. Islam and politics—Middle East. I. Monshipouri, Mahmood, 1952– JC599.M53H85 2011 323.0956—dc23 2011020954 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by MPS Limited, A Macmillan Company First edition: December 2011 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 978-1-349-29882-2 ISBN 978-1-137-00198-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137001986 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2011 978-0-230-12061-7 C o n t e n ts List of Tables vii Acknowledgments viii Introduction 1 Part I Introduction I: Problems with the Current Frameworks 23 1 Framing the Human Rights Discourse: The Role of Natural Localism and the Power of Paradigm 27 Lawrence Davidson 2 Islam and Human Rights: Ideals and Practices 41 Manochehr Dorraj 3 Human Rights through the Lens of Islamic Legal Thought 57 Halim Rane 4 Islamophobia, Defamation of Religions, and International Human Rights 73 Turan Kayaoğlu Part II Introduction II: Common Goals and Case Studies 91 5 Human Rights and the Kurdish Question in the Middle East 95 Nader Entessar 6 The Janus Nature of Human Rights in Iran: Understanding Progress and Setbacks on Human Rights Protections since the Revolution 111 Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan 7 From Omission to Reluctant Recognition: Political Parties’ Approach to Women’s Rights in Turkey 129 Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat 8 Minorities and Marginalized Communities in the Middle East: The Case for Inclusion 153 Mahmood Monshipouri and Jonathon Whooley 9 Lessons from Movements for Rights Regarding Sexual Orientation in the Arab World 171 Anthony Tirado Chase Part III Introduction III: Strategies 189 10 A Prospect of Democratic Uprisings in the