A Critical Book Review of Civil Society and Democracy in the Middle East by SeyedSaeid ZahedZahedani

“…Mostly at this phase, Islamic societies resist development because of its secular, humanist, and experimental sciences bases.  Thereby, development confronts challenges in Islamic countries.  …”
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St. John Paul II’s Natural Law Legacy and International Human Rights Culture of Human Dignity – A Road to Universal Brotherhood and Peace by Ján Figel

“…Highlighting secular and faith-based sources including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Vatican II Council Declaration, the text emphasizes human dignity as the meeting point for religious and secular humanists. It underscores the belief in the innate value of individuals and their equality in dignity, derived from the Judeo-Christian tradition. …”
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Investigating the Moral, Social, Economic, Cultural and Political Rights of Women and the Family in the Human Rights Charter (Islamic Scholarship with Secular Science in the Eyes o... by Zahra Mosavi, Tayebeh Mahrosadeh, Mohammad Seyfi

“…In the end, the result was that the way to cure and to escape the moral harm arising from the human rights charter and women's rights conventions that are themselves based on secular, humanistic and communist views is Islamic and ethical.…”
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Ideological Apparatuses of Shari’a and Reproduction of Domination: A Critique on the Book The Circles of Fear by Reza Najafzadeh

“…“Circles of Fear” is based on the text-based historical hermeneutics and Abu Zayd has a post-secular humanistic approach. In “Circles of Fear” he has used critical approaches such as subaltern theory and critique of ideological apparatuses within the framework of historical structuralism, and in addition to his Qur'anic views, he has also developed a kind of critical political sociology. …”
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