Children's Rights in the Light of Islamic Teachings and the International Convention on the Rights of the Child CRC: An Analytical Study

Abstract

Background/Introduction:The Rights that Islam has given to children, cannot be extended to the west   and   Europe. For every stage of   life, from pregnancy to death, the universal principles of   human nature are given. As soon as he born, he is commanded to provide the best food, to have a good name and to celebrate it. From the beginning, he is commanded to train well. The rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of the rights of the child are superficial and inadequate. And most of the emphasis in the convention is on the freedom, which creates an environment of wandering. Conclusion:   According to Islamic Teachings, every child is born with the nature of Islam, and after birth his environment makes him a Jew or a Christian or a magian. The Islamic way of life and education is very different from the way of Europe and the west. Here in Islamic Teachings the child can be allowed to be reprimanded, if necessary, while there in West, the child is left unchecked. This article outlines the limitations of children’s rights in the light of Islamic teachings and CRC (Convention on the Rights of Children) along with the characteristics of Islamic teachings.