Pt. 1: The early concept of human rights in Islam. The concepts of rights and justice in Arab-Islamic texts / Muhammad ʻAbid al-Jabiri ; The concept of person in Islamic Tradition / Mohammed Arkoun ; Obedience and disagreement in the context of human rights in Islam / Fahmi Jadʻan ; Human rights in the hadith : the model individual and the model community in Islam / Husni Mahmoud ; 'Man' and 'the rights of woman' in Islamic discourse : between the idealism of texts and the crisis of reality / Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd ; The body : its images and rights in Islam / Munsif al-Wahaybi ; Concepts of human rights in Islamic doctrines (Sunnis, Shiʾites, Ismaʻilis, Qarmatians, Muʻtazilis, Sufis, Wahhabis) / Shamsuddin al-Kaylani ; The Medina Charter / Walid Nuwayhid
Pt. 2: Human rights in contemporary Arab-Islamic thought. The question of human rights in contemporary Islamic thought / Ridwan al-Sayyid ; The problematic of freedom and human rights in Arab-Islamic thought / Yousef Salama ; The issue of government in modern Islamic thought / Ahmad Barqawi ; The Islamic intellectual Mahmoud Muhammad Taha on the impasse of human rights in Islamic legislation / Al-Nour Hamad
Pt. 3: The concept of human rights in modern social and political Arabic thought. Human rights in contemporary Arabic thought / Burhan Ghalyoun ; Human rights and social problematic in the Arab world / Fahmiyya Sharafuddin ; The rights of Palestinian refugees / Salman Abu Sitta ; Human rights in the heritage of the Yemeni National Movement / Ahmad Qayid al-Sa'idi
Pt. 4: Human rights in modern Arabic thought: specialized studies. Human rights in the historical texts of the modern Arab world / Bayan Nuwayhid al-Hout ; Patriarchy and human rights / ʻAbd al-Razzaq ʻEid ; Civil and political rights in Arab constitutions / Fateh Samih ʻAzzam ; Arab political parties and human rights / Muhammad al-Sayyid Saʻid ; Labour laws and human rights / Asma Khader ; Child rights in Arabic culture / Violette Dagher.