Refugee crises in the contemporary world: an Islamic perspective
Keywords:
Jiwar, Amān, Mustʻāmin, Refugee Convention, Potato Famine, UNDHR, CDHRIAbstract
The Issue of refugees is one of the fundamental political cum international humanitarian crisis in the contemporary world. This Contemporary crisis is by and large the result of political unrest, armed conflicts and violence within the Muslim World. Questions like how should these refugees be treated in the Muslim world? What is the status of refugees in Islam vis a viz Western world? What is the historical treatment given to refugees in Muslim civilization and should refugees be treated as citizens of the host countries? The main purpose of this paper shall be to find out answers to these questions while attempting to find a common ground between the two perspectives of how refugees shall be treated in the contemporary world.
References
Laura Zanfrini, 2022. ‘Europe and the Refugee Crisis: A Challenge to Our Civilisation’ https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/europe-and-refugee-crisis-challenge-our-civilization
Al-Mubarakpuri, Safi-ur-Rehman. 1996. Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtūm. Trans. Abdul Majid Malik. Riyadh: Dar-Us-Salam.
Ishāq, Ibn. 2004. Sīrati Rasūlillāh ﷺ Trans. Alfered Guillaume. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
Yusuf, Hamza. 2017. ‘Refugees on the Unarmed Road of Flight: A Human Condition, A Muslim Perspective’ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/572ea091d51cd470837668fa/t/5d7871b2b9f0957638064fd7/1568174514546/Muslim+Perspective+on+Refugees+-+Hamza+Yusuf.
El-Wafa, Ahmed Abou. 2009. The Right to Asylum between Islamic Shari’ah and International Refugee Law: A Comparative Study. Riyadh: Naif Arab University for Security Sciences.
Saleh, Mahmoud Ismail. 2011. Dictionary of Islamic Words and Expressions. Riyadh: Dar -Us-Salam.
Yusuf, Abdullah Ali. 2011. The Holy Quran: Translation, Transliteration with Arabic Text. New Delhi: Wise Publications.
Shoukri, Arafat Madi. 2011. Refugee Status in Islam: Concepts of Protection in Islamic Tradition and International Law. London: I.B. Tauris.
Smith, W.R. 1903. Kinship and Marriages in Early Arabia. Boston: Beacon Press.
Zaman, Tahir. 2022. ‘Jiwār: from a Right of Neighbourliness to a Right to Neighbourhood for Refugee’ Migration and Islamic Ethics, Brill (Accessed on 04-11-2022) https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004417342_005
Bearman. P, Bianquis, Th., Bosworth, C.E., Van Donzel, E., and W.P. Heinrichs, W.P. 2000. The Encyclopaedia of Islam. London: Brill Academic Publishers.
Munir, Muhammad. 2011. ‘Refugee Law in Islam’, Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 4 (2), pp 1-18. Url; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1802042 (accessed on 12-11-2022)
Hamīdullah, Muhammad. 2019. Le Prophete De LʻIslam. Trans. Prof. Khalid Parvaiz. New Delhi: Milli Publications.
Zaat, Kirsten. 2007. ‘The Protection of Forced Migrants in Islamic Law’, UNHCR Policy Development and Evaluation Service, research paper no. 146. Url: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.unhcr.org/476652cb2.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiC_OaG9Kf7AhXtTWwGHcOHApQQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3upBsoD8EyVrQlSp7uXfyL ( Accessed on 11-12-2022)
Al-Sijistāni, Abu Dāwūd Sulaymān. 2008. Sunan Abu Dāwūd. Trans. Yaser Qadhi. Riyadh: Dar -Us-Salam.
Al-Shaybānī, Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Hanbal. 2012. Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal. Trans. Nasiruddin Al-Khattab. Riyadh: Dar -Us-Salam.
Chatty, D. 2014. Iraqi refugees in the Arab Muslim world: Ottoman legacies and Orientalist presumptions.” In Managing Muslim Mobilities: between Spiritual Geographies and the Global Security Regime, edited by A.H. Fàbos and R. Isotalo, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Salam, Imam Abdus. Sa’id. 1411 A.H /1991 C.E. Qawā’id al-Ahkām Fī Masālih al-Anʻām. Cairo: Al-Kulliyyat al-Azhariyyah Bookshop, vol. 2.
Loescher, Gil. 1992. ‘Refugees and the Asylum Dilemma in the West’, Journal of Policy History, Vol. 4 (1), pp 1-7. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0898030600006473
https://www.unhcr.org/1951-refugee-convention.html
United Nations General Assembly resolution 429(V) of 14 December 1950, available at http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3b00f08a27.html
Azzam, Salem. 1998. ‘Universal Islamic declaration of Human Rights’, The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 2, no. 3, pp 102-112, DOI: 10.1080/13642989808406750
Olayemi et.al. 2015. ‘International Human Rights Law; A Critical Evaluation of UIDHR & CGHRI In Context Of UDHR’, Journal of Islam, Law and Judiciary, vol. 1, no.3, pp 27-36.
Elmadmad, Khadija. 2008. ‘Asylum in Islam and In Modern Refugee Law ‘, Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol.27, pp 51-63. Url: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45054317&ved=2ahUKEwi3ye_nh6j7AhVyTmwGHdV6BDAQFnoECA4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0Pud0j6Ijt-drEFJSFJddo
Kidwai, Sadia Najma. 2014. ‘Rights o Forced Migrants in Islam’, Islamic Relief Worldwide, pp 1-23.Url: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://islamic-relief.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The-Rights-of-Forced-Migrants-in-Islam.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi_u8f8_KX7AhVy_DgGHe_YDs8QFnoECBgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1wqrhXw2giF0A7TGpxWDsM
Islamic Fiqh Academy India. 2015. Shahriyat Aur Iske Mutʻaliq Masāil. New Delhi: IFA Publications
Ayalon, Yaron. 2012. ‘Jews of the Ottoman Empire’, in Levenson, Alan T., ed., The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism. UK: Wiley-Blackwell
Levenson, T. 2012. The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism.
Karkazis, John. 2016. “The Jewish Diaspora: From Spain to Chios”, Middle East Forum, Issue 13,2016). Url: https://www.researchgate.net › 3394... (PDF) THE JEWISH DIASPORA. FROM SPAIN TO CHIOS
Neil, Eibhlin. 2016. ‘Little Known Tale of Generous Turkish Aid to the Irish During the Great Hunger’, Transceltic. Url: https://www.transceltic.com › blog The story of Turkish aid to the Irish during the Great Hunger
Whittaker, David J. 2006. Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Contemporary World. London: Routledge.
At-Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isa. 2007. JamiʻAt-Tirmidhi, Chapter 6, Vol. 3, Trans.by Abu Khalyl
Yusuf, Abdullah Ali. 2011. The Holy Quran: Translation, Transliteration with Arabic Text. New Delhi: Wise Publications.
Published
Abstract Display: 221 
PDF Downloads: 214 
This work is licensed under a