There are many misconceptions and concerns regarding Islamic
societies and how Muslim countries have failed to come up with
their own localised solutions to socio-economic problems in dealing
with poverty alleviation and societal development. This book
explores why there is so much disconnect between spirituality and
enterprise development in the world today, and how a part of the
Islamic world, in fact located in Pakistan, can be part of the
solution rather than being central to the problem. This book builds
upon Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer's theory of 'integral
dynamics' which works through a fourfold rhythm of the GENE. Set
against a mono-cultural perspective, the authors highlight the
ever-increasing and deepening divide between Western and Islamic
cultures. Through the course of the book, the authors use the
transformational GENE (Grounding, Emergence, Navigation, Effect)
rhythm developed by Lessem and Schieffer to take readers through
the 4C (Call, Context, Co-creation and Contribution) process,
articulated to CAREing-4-Society. They ground their call in
Akhuwat's community of Akhuwateers (donors, beneficiaries,
borrowers, volunteers and replicators), to explore alternative
models of spiritually based finance through an emerging
SOUL-idarity paradigm. Furthermore, through these models and
Akhuwat's CARE (Community, Awareness, Research, Embodiment)
process, they put forward that encouraging community activism,
raising awareness around Islamic practices of Qard-e-Hasan,
institutionalising their innovative research, and finally
transforming and educating the community, will provide an
alternative to microfinance for poverty alleviation. Showcasing an
unconventional spiritual-financial solution, deeply immersed in
spirituality and infused with local moral values and traditions,
this book demonstrates how poverty can be alleviated in countries
around the world, specifically, in developing Muslim countries.
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