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2. Do you think religion can be a positive resource for human rights, or is religion a detriment to human rights? What in your mind are some basic human rights?

According to Abou El Fadl, how might Islam support human rights? Do you agree? According to James Fredericks how might Buddhism see human rights as relatively unimportant? Choose another western tradition other than Islam and another Asian tradition other than Buddhism and explain whether you think the two traditions you have chosen could work with secular morality to support human rights. Drawing on all four traditions(Islam, Buddhism and the two of your choice), do you think there are religious grounds to extend this notion of rights to

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