United Nations’ Concept of Justice and Fairness in The Context of Islamic Principles: A Reflection
Perhaps the inability of the United Nations to manage some international conflicts successfully coupled with its passivity on matters that involve some powerful nations on may be responsible for its criticism by some analysts. These critics, in turn, may not have considered holistically, the UN pro...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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Ilorin journal of religious studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 13-26 |
| Further subjects: | B
Justice
B Islamic principles B United Nations B Fair play B Conflict Intervention |
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| Summary: | Perhaps the inability of the United Nations to manage some international conflicts successfully coupled with its passivity on matters that involve some powerful nations on may be responsible for its criticism by some analysts. These critics, in turn, may not have considered holistically, the UN programmes which have recorded successes in conflict intervention. They thus doubt the ability and sincerity of the UN to do justice and fairness in its conflict intervention programmes. Thus, in this write-up an attempt is made to reflect critically the United Nations. concept of justice and fairness in the context of Islamic principles. This is achieved using as a case study, the UN interventions in some African and Middle-Eastern conflicts. |
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| ISSN: | 2141-7040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: University (Ilorin). Department of Religions, Ilorin journal of religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4314/ijrs.v4i2 |