Abstract
Making safe the humanity from the clutches of exploitation and barbaric action the voice of Human Rights is to be a shield. To dividend the idea of Human Rights in to Western and Islamic is to dividend the shield of defense and exposes humanity against the sword of brutes. The question is how to promote and implement this idea into practice and to preserve the universality of the rights in to integrated character? Considering that fundamental rights according to Islam are an integral part of the Islamic religion and always on the apex of the Islamic culture. The aim of the study was to understand the essence of human rights in the Islamic and western perspectives and to investigate the role of education in the promotion of human rights. The study was conducted in district Mardan, one of the central districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. All government schools teachers (male) of district Mardan constituted the population of the study. 150 government schools’ teachers (male) of district Mardan were selected as convenient sample and interview was conducted for data collection, as in-depth information was needed. Informal interviews were conducted and codification was made, themes were developed and patterns were drawn from the interviews. Data were refined, unified and the conclusion was drawn. The study found out that there was no difference in the essence of Human Rights in both of the Islamic and western concepts. The only difference is the culture setting and the implementation problem. The hypocritical and double faced actors or elements are hinder in the promotion of Human Rights development. It was also found out that the role of education is not up to the mark in the promotion of Human Rights.