He must rise up to resist and reject the threat and the intrusion.

He must rise up to resist and reject the threat and the intrusion. If he turns a blind eye to it he is a sinner.

Prohibition decree against abortion (except in urgent cases such as mother's life being at stake or emergencies determined by the Islamic Law): One of the privileges of the Islamic laws in regard to "comprehensive identification" of right to life for humans is paying attention to human dignity even prior to his birth, whereas in the Western Human Rights Declaration and documents, disregarding the sanctity of an embryo, abortion is not forbidden.

In most western nations, deprivation of humans of their lives at the stage before birth (abortion) is permitted and hence lawful. Sometimes it is even encouraged.

In the Islamic Human Rights system, because of human dignity, provision of an appropriate and favorable life for a person is part of his right to life and is respected.[^1] Strategies have been foreseen aimed at its materialization, such as financial sources and duties, inclusive of zakaat, khums, kaffarat and normal or general donations. But in the Western approach and its Human Rights system, only "human welfare" has been mentioned along with a very few other points.

There is no mention of or consideration for human dignity.[^2] The Islamic school of thought takes care of special classes in the society including senior citizens (the elderly), women, children, the sick and the wounded (or disabled) in armed clashes. Also special attention is paid to prisoners of war (POW's), banning mutilation of killed soldiers, how to treat POW's and their families.

All such things are indicative of the magnitude and magnificence of Islam, and how Islam looks at Human Rights. Whereas the Declaration of the Human Rights fails to adequately cover the above rights. [^1]: The Islamic Human Rights, Article 2. [^2]: The Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25. Previous…