Investigating the Relationship between Tolerance and Privacy from the Perspective of Islam and Liberalism

Ahmadnezhad, Amir; Sajjadi Jazi, Maryam Sadat

doi:10.22034/jatj.2025.505131.1030

Investigating the Relationship between Tolerance and Privacy from the Perspective of Islam and Liberalism

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Amir Ahmadnezhad ¹

Maryam Sadat Sajjadi Jazi ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

² PhD Student, Quran and Hadith Studies, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

10.22034/jatj.2025.505131.1030

Abstract

Preserving human rights and values, especially privacy in different schools has been formed on the basis of various principles and often based on personal interests. While the individual conflict of interests is an undeniable issue, tolerance (Tasāhol) as an effective solution plays a pivotal role to resolve the individual conflict of interests. The problem of research has been formed to explain this issue and identify its relationship with preserving privacy of individuals in the two schools of Islam and liberalism through descriptive-analytical research method and library studies. Findings show that in the school of Islam, easygoingness (sahl gerayee) is the basis for the formation of religion and through using the teachings of revelation and human intellect, regulates the laws of society and has ensured the observance of the rights of individuals, especially the preserving human privacy, while individualism is the basis of the school of liberalism and it is possible to legitimize their beliefs based on tolerance (tasāhol).

Keywords

Islam

Liberalism

Tolerance (Tasāhol)

Toleration (Ravādāri)

Privacy

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