Muslim Civilization (eBook)

The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform

M. Umer Chapra (Autor)

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2015
224 Seiten
Kube Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-86037-606-4 (ISBN)

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What were the reasons for the decline in Muslim civilisation and can that change be reversed?

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"e;[This is] a subject of such relevance and importance that one wonders why nobody else dealt with it in book form before."e;Dr. Wilfried HofmannMuslim 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 position. Is Islam responsible for this decline or are there some other factors which come into play? M. Umer Chapra provides an authoritative diagnosis and prescription to reverse this decline.M. Umer Chapra is a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, and author of The Future of Economics and Islam and the Economic Challenge.

Autor

lt;div>Dr. M. Umer Chapra is presently working as a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Jeddah, after aving retired as senior economic advisor from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. He has published widely on Islamic Economics and Finance and is justly regarded as one of the pioneers of this subject.