Author Archives: Zaki Rehman

About Zaki Rehman

Zaki Rehman is a DPhil student at the University of Oxford working on global Islam, human rights, and religious freedom.

Islam, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights beyond the Law

The past two decades have seen a revived debate about the relationship between religion and human rights, with some historians suggesting that the origins of the latter are more to be found in mid-twentieth Christianity than the liberal secular project from which they have today become inseparable. And yet, there is limited work on the relationship between Islam and human rights from a similarly historical perspective. This essay seeks to fill this lacuna by illustrating the ways in which the Ahmadiyya, a Muslim movement founded Continue reading → Continue reading →