Human rights are regarded as a secular value system, which, rooted in the Christian tradition, claims universal validity. Jewish and Islamic traditions have also developed ethical standards over the centuries that their followers consider mandatory. Do these standards present conflicting priorities? Where do Judaism and Islam provide a link to contemporary human rights discourse or are they even incompatible?
recording available
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Video recording of Human Rights and Religions – A Contradiction?, 23 Nov 2017; Jewish Museum Berlin 2017
Prof. Dr. Shaheen Sardar Ali and Jill Jacobs will enter into a discussion. Moderation: Dr. Nahed Samour, Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Law.
Jill Jacobs
Jill Jacobs is a Rabbi and the Managing Director of “T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights”, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people from North America, Israel and occupied Palestinian territories.
Shaheen Sardar Ali
Prof. Dr. Shaheen Sardar Ali Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. She wasa Professor at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan and served chair of the National Commission on the Status of Women of Pakistan. She published extensively on islamic law as well as women's and children's rights.
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Lecture Series 2017/18: Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights (6)
Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights
Our lecture series addresses controversial human rights topics arising in various walks of life and examines them from Jewish and Islamic perspectives. For every lecture, we invite two scholars who present their own positions and then engage in a dialogue.
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My God, Your God, No God
With Leora Batnitzky (Princeton University) and Anver Emon (University of Toronto)
Video Recording
14 Jun 2018 -
Equal before God and Humans?
With Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth College) and Katajun Amirpur (University of Hamburg)
Video Recording
3 May 2018 -
How Much Criticism Do Judaism and Islam Tolerate?
With Suzanne Last Stone (Yeshiva University) and Anshuman Mondal (University of East Anglia), in English and German
Video Recording
12 Apr 2018 -
The Right to Life
With David Novak (University of Toronto) and Jonathan Brown (Georgetown University)
Video Recording
8 Mar 2018 -
Human Rights Treaties and How They are Received
With Michael Galchinsky (Georgia State University) and Mashood Baderin (University of London)
Video Recording
25 Jan 2018 -
Human Rights and Religions – A Contradiction?
With Shaheen Sardar Ali (University of Warwick) and Jill Jacobs (Rabbi and the Managing Director of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights)
Video Recording
23 Nov 2017
