Many people mention the International Declaration of Human Rights issued by the UNO in the 1940's as the starting point of human rights . In fact, they forget that Islam offered a far better declaration hundreds of years ago . Besides, Islam has brought up the individuals who are ready to abide by these rights and make them an actuality . God says in The Holy Quran, " We have honored the sons of Adam ." (Al - Isra' : 70) . This honoring certainly implies securing all necessary rights for man . Rights and duties are two sides of one coin, as it is said, because the rights of a person are usually the duties of other persons . Therefore, Islam emphasizes the carrying out of duties since rights will be automatic consequences . If everyone does his duties, everyone else gets his rights .