Abstract
The author considers the Islamic criticism of the Western concept of human rights. He notes the essence of this criticism that follows the Islamic concept of anthropology: humanity gains value and meaning only in the application of the basic concept of belief in a single and transcendent God (tawhid); an individual human person can only be subject to some rights as part of his integration into the community of believers in a single God (umma).
The author also notes terminological issues, especially in connection with the complex Arabic term Shariʻah. In the next section, the author deals with some attempts to develop an Islamic version of the Charter of Human Rights.
It analyzes three documents in more detail: Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights of 1981, Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam of 1990 and Arabic Charter of Human Rights of 2004. Finally, the author presents similar and different elements in both (Western and Islamic) concepts human rights and indicates a direction for possible mutual recognition.