Islam and Human Rights — Page 187
Prevalent Attitudes Towards Human Rights Among Muslims 187 But with the decline of other values, these standards also suffered decline. It is noteworthy, however, that the office of Qazi (judge) has throughout been held in high honour and enjoyed great prestige in Muslim lands. Article 12 Muslim society has been particularly sensitive on the subject-matter of this article, and these values have through out been sought to be safeguarded. Articles 13-15 Islam has set up a world-wide brotherhood and a Mus lim finds himself at home almost everywhere. As mentioned already, Muslims have been great voyagers. The idea of divided and separate nationalities is for them a compara tively new and somewhat unfamiliar concept, restrictive and sometimes disturbing in its manifestations, and irksome in practice. A Muslim is, by instinct and outlook, more of an Internationalist, or rather a world citizen, than a nation alist. Arab nationalism, which began to be nurtured in the period immediately preceding the first World War, and re ceived a great fillip during the course of that war and