Islamic Values in Regulation of International Relations Between Arab States

The article studies the main aspects of Islamic international law, as they are reflected in treaties of the Arab countries. At the same time, both the history of Islamic international law and the experience accumulated by Arab countries in regulating international relations create a variety of approaches. That being the case why there is no unity in the idea of how modern international law should comply with Islamic principles. The Islamic religion itself, in turn, emphasizes on ethics, and therefore the study aims at individual rights and the role of states in modern Islamic international law. In addition to the complexity of choosing the most important aspects of Islamic international law, there are difficulties in choosing research methods. Studying primary sources of Islamic international law is narrowed to an anthological approach of a number of verses of the Holy Quran, which are the reason for its (Islamic international law) emergence. Functional and comparative legal analyses are used to evaluate the way customary and general international law and universal norms comply with Islamic principles. The article reveals that modern Islamic international law is based on the principles of Sharia, while Sharia and Islamic law are enshrined in the constitutions of Arab countries. For this reason, Middle Eastern states play an increasing role in regulating international relations. This leads to dualism in the interaction between Islamic international law and domestic law, and, finally, there is no uniformity, when norms of international Islamic law are applied.