Economic Development and Islam. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ISLAM Concept, Objectives and Issues

      Аннотация: The book discusses the important elements of economic development from an Islamic perspective in a comparative vein. It deals with the concept, objectives priorities of development and a few practical issues including the controversy on motivation, the role of the state and the population problem. It discusses what Islam requires, not what Muslims are seen as doing. The discussion has a purposive puritan flavor. Such mix helps identify the variables relevant to the discussion and keeps it on the right course. Finally, the work adopts an integrative treatment of the issues. For, such sort of treatment to the topics in the nascent Islamic economics may enrich the subject and enhance its readability. Finally, this work is expected to attract the students and researchers at the graduate level for the novelty of its approach and the freshness of its ideas. Policy makers may find it instructive and the general reader easy and Interesting.

Ключевые слова: Basic Needs, human development, Amanah the foundation, Demographic issues, Role of the state