Offers a critique of existing economic systems, including those implemented by Muslims.Presents a history of economic systems, with a particular focus on those that have existed throughout Islamic history.Details a moral and economic path that will lead to the use of economics as a driver for a better, and more just, world.The author is widely recognized for his contributions to Islamic economics, and has been awarded the two most coveted prizes in the field: The Islamic Development Bank Award...
"[This is] a subject of such relevance and importance that one wonders why nobody else dealt with it in book form before."—Dr. Wilfried Hofmann Muslim civilization has experienced a decline during the last five centuries after previously having undergone a long period of prosperity and comprehensive development. This raises a number of questions such as what factors enable Muslims to become successful during the earlier centuries of Islam and what led them to their present weak...
