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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Views On Human Rights: Viewpoints of Iranian Scholars Survey Of The Similarities And Differences Of Human Rights In Islam And In The West Hujjat al-Islam Muhammad Javad Hujjati Kirmani Necessity of the Discussion Disregarding the difference between the two terms Human Rights in Islam and Human Rights in the West[^1] the article attempts to look for the similarities and differences between human rights in Islam and the so-called human rights in the West as reflected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the annexed conventions.

After all, the article concentrates its focus on the similarities and the differences shall be briefly dealt with. What induces us to concentrate on the similarities rather than the differences is that man is in need of the message of peace among religions and nations in this age as in all other ages.

The proof for this claim is that dialogue among religions, specially the dialogue between Islam and Christianity has been in vogue during the recent years and the gatherings towards this end have played an incontrovertible role in bringing the Muslims and the Christians closer, and in creating ties between Muslim and Christian philosophers and scholars.

Furthermore, the message given by Sayyid Muhammad Khatami, the Iranian President, to the American people and the issue of “Dialogue among Civilizations” brought up by him which was fortunately welcomed by the universal community, requires the thinkers to contemplate and converse more on the linking bonds between international rights through conferences and meetings.

Another factor which makes the necessity of this discussion even clearer is the fact that despite the passage of a span of twenty years after the advent of the Islamic Revolution and despite the clear an inspiring messages of the Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hazrat Imam Khumaini, and the sayings of the Present Leader of the Revolution, Hazrat Ayatullah Khamini’i in respect to the common points among religions and civilizations and specially what was announced to the world in the recent one and a half years by the President, a number of the world’s super-powers and politicians are, however, trying to distort the face of the Revolution and the Islamic Republic.