https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123109 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:13:19 GMT 2026-04-25T06:13:19Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123307 Title: Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights : volume 7 : issue 3 Authors: Andò, Salvo; Refalo, Ian; Sbailò, Ciro; Zammit, David E. Abstract: Table of contents:; - Foreword: Professor Ciro Sbailo; - Ideological Manipulation of Cultural Relativism: A Case for Textual Analysis: Atef Ahmed; - Human Rights and the Protection of Different Cultural Identities: Salvo Ando; - The Individual's Fundamental Rights: The Right to one's Identity: Silvano Labriola; - Ethnic Integration and Postindustrial Society: Pio Marconi; - The case of South Tyrol/SudTirol as a Model for the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts: Eva Pfostl; - The EU Policy of International Co-operation for Development, The Promotion of Human Rights and the Respect of Cultural Identities: Luca Pierantoni; - The State as an "Option" in a Multi-Eth:r:iical Society: Ways to Address The Problem of Western Lega Ethnocentrism without adopting Cultural Relativism: Ciro Sbailo; - Civilization and Religious Freedom in the West and in Islam: Ahmad Abd al-Waliyy Vincenzo Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123307 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123306 Title: Foreword Authors: Sbailo, Ciro Abstract: Thus speaks Fernand Braudel in a memorable introductory text to the History of Mediterranean. In this region, civilization seems to be born from an encounter I clash of cultures. Originally, the concepts of 'human rights' and 'tolerance' developed in this area. And yet in this area there are the most violent clashes between worldviews and between philosophies of life. Nowadays, the Mediterranean represents the crossroads of all the main tensions of the Post-Cold War world but this situation is also the test bed of Western civilization in a time of globalization of human rights themselves. Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123306 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123305 Title: Ideological manipulation of cultural relativism Authors: Ahmed, Atef Abstract: My aim in this paper is to show how cultural relativism can be manipulated to justify an authoritarian ideological attitude. I think that this would be better achieved through the analysis of a representative document, which is the "Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights" (Issued on 19 September 1981 by the Islamic Council)!. It is representative, in my view, first, because it expresses the mental attitude of a vast majority of Muslim intellectuals all over the world, second because it is said to be compiled by eminent, Muslim scholars, jurists and representatives of Islamic movements and thought, third, and maybe more significant, because it expresses the practices exercised by many Islamic states, especially in the Middle East. Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123305 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123304 Title: Human rights and the protection of different cultural identities Authors: Ando, Salvo Abstract: In the rather confused situation that has arisen after the end of the cold war, human rights have been codified in detail by means of international acts of a general and a particular nature but, due to their frequent violations, they still provoke conflicts, sometimes even of the military type. Many of these conflicts derive from often longstanding political, religious and ethnic rivalry, and in certain regions they have become uncontrollable, especially after the fall of the communist regimes. As a consequence, the problem of cultural identities which ask to be recognized as collective identities has effectively become an emergency in the international scenario. Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123304 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z