This declaration is usually seen as an Islamic response to the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted in 1948. The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference adopted in Cairo, Egypt, in 1990,[1] which provides an overview on the Islamic perspective on human rights, and affirms Islamic Shariah as its sole source. CDHRI declares its purpose to be general guidance for Member States [of the OIC] in the field of human rights. Muslim countries had criticized the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for its perceived failure to take into account the cultural and religious context of non-Western countries.[2] In 1981, Iranian representative to the UN, Said Rajaie-Khorassani, articulated the position of his country regarding the UDHR, by saying that it was a secular understanding of the Judeo-Christian tradition, which could not be implemented by Muslims without trespassing Islamic law.[3]
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