This glossary includes travel-specific terminology used to define the Muslim/Halal travel market segment. It also covers some of the terms related to an overview of Islam, core values and practices as well as the terms used in the cultural context of...
Read More »Islam and the Path to Human and Economic Development
This book briefly surveys the evolution of the Western concept of development, recognizing the wider dimensions of human and economic development and the role of institutions and rules, which...
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In this booklet, our purpose is not to discuss about all sources of income of Islamic Bayt Al-Mal and costs and usages, but we only want to talk about...
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This article focuses on reviewing green jobs from the Islamic perspective, and concepts and principles such as squander (israf), cleanliness (nizafah), waste (Iitlaf), no-harm (La zarar) and causation (Tasbib) are directly mentioned as a necessary condition for...
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Waqf is a complex institution which has been employed by Muslims for over 1000 years to sustain various projects, ranging from private homes, cemeteries, libraries, mosques, schools, to...
Read More »Waqf in Zaydī Yemen: Legal Theory, Codification, and Local Practice
This book focuses on four socially grounded fields of legal knowledge: fiqh, codification, individual waqf cases, and everyday waqf-related knowledge...
Read More »Islamic Insurance: A Modern Approach to Islamic Banking
The book aims to contribute towards further understanding of the conceptual frameworks of Islamic insurance in the hope that the world community will appreciate and recognise Islamic insurance as a...
Read More »Khums Seminar to Be Held in Stanmore
The World Federation's Islamic Education in collaboration with The Council of European Jamaats will be holding a Khums seminar on Saturday 4th May at Hujjat Islamic Centre at Wood Lane, Stanmore, HA7 4LQ England....
Read More »Early Doctrines on Waqf Revisited: The Evolution of Islamic Endowment Law in the 2nd Century AH
This study examines the early development of waqf doctrine, based on sources from the 2nd century AH, the writer argues that the institution of waqf emerged from a fusion of two earlier institutions....
Read More »“Fantastic Charities”: The Transformation of Waqf Practice in Colonial Zanzibar
The present study examines the impact of British colonial rule on traditional waqf practice in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. The writer shall argue that British policy towards waqf in Zanzibar was shaped by a combination of...
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