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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
Social financial reporting as an economic tool presents the firm as
a socio-economic unit with empowered social capital to enable a
sustainable economic solution, particularly in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Islamic social finance (ISF) is a corporate
social responsibility initiative in the form of humanitarian and
socio-development programs by Islamic financial institutions and
Shariah-compliant corporations. ISF is applied through various
methods and tools that structure based on Islamic Sharia Law. For
example, Islamic social finance tools would either be
philanthropic, involving activities such as zakat (obligatory
alms-giving), Sadaqah (voluntary alms-giving/charity), and waqf
(endowment) or ta'awun (cooperation-based activities), which
include Qardh al-hasan (benevolent loan) and kafala (guarantee).
Thus, Islamic social finance instruments play a vital role in
alleviating poverty and addressing socio-economic issues such as
illiteracy, unemployment, malnutrition, and health issues. As such,
integrated ISF reporting can empower sustainable economic
development and lead to recovery. The Handbook of Research on
Islamic Social Finance and Economic Recovery After a Global Health
Crisis provides insights on the role of Islamic social finance in
supporting and facilitating economic recovery in the post-COVID-19
era as well as reducing poverty and addressing the challenges of
socio-economic problems such as education, unemployment,
malnutrition, and health issues. This book is ideally intended for
practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and
students who are interested in improving their understanding on the
role of Islamic social finance theoretically and empirically in
solving the issue of poverty and developing excellent funds
management to achieve economic empowerment with better
environmental sustainability.
This is the first book to examine the Arab Shi'a, a community whose identity and problematic relationship with the rest of the Middle East cuts to the heart of the crisis of Arab politics and society. The Shi'a represent a majority of the population along the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf and are the largest religious group in Lebanon. This book, based on extensive field interviews, examines the nature of Shi'ite belief and community life, contemporary political and social problems, key grievances, and the nature of their relationship with the dominant Sunni state today as they seek a major voice in a new political order.
The celebrated Great Mosque of Damascus was built in the early
eighth century by the Umayyad caliph al-Wal?d b. 'Abd al-Malik.
This book provides a detailed study of this Mosque. Using textual,
visual, and archaeological evidence, the author attempts to
reconstruct some of the basic formal and decorative features of the
Umayyad mosque, to locate it within its broader urban context, and
to consider its role within al-Wal?d's unprecedented programme of
architectural patronage. The work explores the intracultural and
intercultural functions of religious architecture within an
official visual discourse intended to project a distinctive Muslim
identity in a manner determined by Umayyad political aspirations.
It will be of particular interest to those concerned with the
relationship between the Umayyad caliphate and Byzantium.
Often described as the soul of Islam, Sufism is one of the most
interesting yet least known facet of this global religion. Sufism
is the softer more inclusive and mystical form of Islam. Although
militant Islamists dominate the headlines, the Sufi ideal has
captured the imagination of many. Nowhere in the world is the
handprint of Sufism more observable than South Asia, which has the
largest Muslim population of the world, but also the greatest
concentration of Sufis. This book examines active Sufi communities
in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh that shed light on the devotion,
and deviation, and destiny of Sufism in South Asia. Drawn from
extensive work by indigenous and international scholars, this
ethnographical study explores the impact of Iran on the development
of Sufi thought and practice further east, and also discusses
Sufism in diaspora in such contexts as the UK and North America and
Iran's influence on South Asian Sufism.
With 1.4 billion practicing Muslims in the world it is necessary
for all to better understand the culture and belief system. In The
Restless Wind and Shifting Sands, author and Islamic scholar Harry
J. Sweeney explains the intricacies and tenets of Islam. The
educational discourse provides insight into the religion practiced
by one out of five people worldwide.
The Restless Wind and Shifting Sands explores the Islamic
culture through a series of fictionalized private conversations
between three friends-Modi, Mani, and Radi-who each represents the
moderate, mainstream, and radical factions. Through their daily
talks, the friends tackle all phases of Muslim life including
arranged marriages, Islamic law, female genital mutilation,
predestination, honor killing, Palestine, shariah, and the
Qur'an.
The men discuss how each belief drives Islamic culture and
relations with non-believers. Filled with a wealth of information,
the exchanges between friends seek to impart a better understanding
of Islam and the challenges it poses for Western civilization.
The Restless Wind and Shifting Sands communicates that the
Islamic religion can contain its fundamentalist elements and work
toward a peaceful future.
This book consists of a series of interrelated chapters analyzing
why Iran, among all countries, has seen so many revolutionary
movements in the past century; the degree to which its religion,
Shi'ism, is revolutionary; and the history of revolutionary and
resistance movements in the modern Muslim world. The author
stresses historical change, such as the change of Twelver Shi'ism
from political quietism to revolutionary opposition, and also
previously unnoticed factors in revolution, such as the multi-urban
character of all Iran's modern revolutions.
In this timely book, Marranci critically surveys the available
theories on Islamic fundamentalism and extremism. Rejecting
essentialism and cultural reductionism, the book suggests that
identity and emotion play an essential role in the phenomenon that
has been called fundamentalism.
In the wake of radical Islamist terrorist attacks described as
jihad worldwide and in South Asia, it is imperative that there
should be a book-length study of this idea in this part of the
world. The focus of the study is the idea of jihad with its
changing interpretations mostly those available in exegetical
literature of key figures in South Asia. The hermeneutic devices
used to understand the meaning of the Quranic verses and the
Prophetic traditions relating to jihad will be the focus of this
study. The main thrust of the study is to understand how
interpretations of jihad vary. It is seen as being both defensive
and aggressive by traditionalists; only defensive and mainly about
moral improvement by progressive Muslims; and being
insurrectionist, aggressive, eternal and justifying violence
against civilians by radical Islamists. One purpose of the book is
to understand how the radical interpretation came to South Asia.
The book also explains how theories about jihad are influenced by
the political and social circumstances of the period and how these
insights feed into practice legitimizing militant movements called
jihad for that period.
This book offers students and scholars an introduction to and
insight into the wealth of historiographies produced in various
Muslim milieus. Four articles deal with the classical period:
archaeology and history in early Islamic Amman; an analysis of
sources dealing with Muwahhid North Africa; al-Maqrizi's
prosopographical production; the rise of early Ottoman
historiography. Three examine sacred history as historiography: in
10th century Fatimid Egypt; in the 16th century Indian Chishti Sufi
milieu; and in the Sino-Muslim Confucian tradition in Qing China.
The final two articles provide fresh approaches to historiography
by respectively looking into the sijils of Ottoman Cairo as
historical sources and by highlighting the regional approach to the
writing of the history of the Indian Ocean. Contributors: Frederic
Bauden, Heather J. Empey, Derryl MacLean, Sami G. Massoud, Murat
Cem Menguc, Reem Meshal, Hyondo Park, Patricia Risso, Shafique N.
Virani and Michael Wood.
From the eighth century onwards, Christians living under Islam have
produced numerous apologetic and polemical works, aimed at proving
the continuing validity of Christianity. Among these is the Legend
of Sergius Ba r?, which survives in two Syriac and two Arabic
versions and appears here in edition and translation. Being a
counterhistory of Islam, it reshapes early Muslim traditions about
a monk recognizing Mu?ammad as the final Prophet by turning this
monk into Muhammad's tutor and co-author of the Qur'an. In response
to Muslim triumphalist propaganda, it portrays Islam's political
power as predestined but finite and unrelated to its religious
message. This feature sets the legend apart from similar Christian
accounts of the origin of Islam, East and West, which are reviewed
in this study as well.
Refine your heart and mind with the wisdom of Islamic
spirituality
"To live a meaningful life one that brings us joy, contentment
and fulfillment we have to do the inner spiritual work of becoming
a more complete human being." from the Introduction
Over the centuries, Islamic sages have gleaned timeless
spiritual insights and practices from sacred texts, meditation and
knowledge of the heart gems that have been passed down from
generation to generation. This book invites you no matter what your
practice may be to access the treasure chest of Islamic
spirituality, particularly Sufism, and use its wealth to strengthen
your own journey.
The riches include guidance drawn from the Qur'an, sayings of
the Prophet Muhammad and Sufi poets such as the thirteenth-century
Rumi on cultivating awareness, intentionality and compassion for
self and others. This book also features entertaining wisdom
teaching stories, especially those of Mulla Nasruddin, Islam s
great comic foil, to expand the mind and heart. It breaks down
barriers to accessing this ancient tradition for modern seekers by
dispelling myths about the Muslim faith concerning gender bias,
inclusivity and appreciation for diversity.
Regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey, you will
find these gems worthy additions to your own treasure chest
within."
Christianity, Judaism and Islam - the Children of Abraham -
constitute the spiritual foundations of Western civilization. They
affect the interactions of entire nations and individuals, though
their history is often understood as one of conflict and
controversy. The present volume documents past encounters and
confrontations, though it also shows that the history of the three
faiths is not merely one of conflict but also one of co-existence
and dialogue. The rich shared theological traditions of the
Abrahamic religions provide positive encouragement to present-day
meetings between their followers. The book contains 16
contributions by scholars from various fields of religious studies.
It should appeal to everyone interested in interreligious
encounters.
For four decades Abraham L. Udovitch has been a leading scholar of
the medieval Islamic world, its economic institutions, social
structures, and legal theory and practice. In pursuing his quest to
understand and explain the complex phenomena that these broad
rubrics entail, he has published widely, collaborated
internationally with other leading scholars of the Middle East and
medieval history, and most saliently for the purposes of this
volume, taught several cohorts of students at Princeton University.
This volume is therefore dedicated to his intellectual legacy from
a uniquely revealing angle: the current work of his former
students. The papers in this volume range chronologically from the
period preceding the rise of Islam in Arabia to the Mamluk era,
geographically from the Western Mediterranean to the Western Indian
Ocean and thematically from the political negotiations of Christian
and Islamic Mediterranean sovereigns to the historiography of
Western Indian Ocean port cities.
Visible Islam in Modern Turkey presents a rich panorama of Islamic
practices in today's Turkey. The authors, one a Muslim and one a
Christian, introduce readers to Turkish Islamic piety and
observances. The book is also a model for Muslims, for it
interprets the foundations of Islam to the modern mind and shows
the relevance of Turkish Islamic practices to modern society.
Packed with data and insights, it appeals to a variety of circles,
both secular and traditional.
One of the world's leading authorities on the Islamic world answers the many troubling questions raised in the wake of the September 11 attack
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