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The Changing Face of Religion and Human Rights

A Personal Reflection

Clemens N. Nathan has devoted a lifetime to the pursuit of Human Rights to understanding and reflecting upon the concept of Human Rights; to participating in, and sometimes helping to create, organisations and mechanisms for the protection and promotion of Human Rights; to helping those who have been denied their Human Rights and to encouraging and supporting research into and scholarship on Human Rights. All this has been achieved by a man who has had no formal training in the field, but who has become a recognised expert through his extensive reading, through working with leading exponents, and by drawing upon his lively intellect, his wealth of culture and his knowledge of history, philosophy and religions. This volume, published under the auspices of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, offers insight into the challenging relationship between religion and human rights.

Two things in particular are critical for understanding religious human rights in
Nigeria: corruption and religious pluralism. It is no secret that corruption has
permeated the fabric of ... They are key players in the fight against corruption,
which necessarily denies some people their human dignity. It follows that the
right and freedom to live one's religion is ... Religious Human Rights in the World
Today. 329 Shari'ah is the Arabic word for Islamic law, also know as the law of
Allah. 330 Ibid.