Social welfare in Muslim societies in Africa / Holger Weiss, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiss, Holger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zakat--Africa.

Zakat.

Islam--Economic aspects--Africa.

Islam.

Islamic sociology.

Islam--Economic aspects.

Africa.

Physical Description:

189 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Uppsala : Nordic Africa Institute ; London : Global, 2002.

Summary:

In recent decades there has been an increasing attempt by Muslim intellectuals to reflect on the provision of social welfare in Muslim societies in Africa. One reason for this is the few, if not non-existent, possibilities of the states to provide for the basic needs of their subjects, a situation that has become painfully evident in most African states not only the Muslim ones. However, public as well as private provision of social welfare is not a new phenomenon in the Muslim world.

ISBN:

9171064818

OCLC:

49352755