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Islamic perspectives on wealth creation / edited by Munawar Iqbal and Rodney Wilson.
Van Pelt Library BP190.5.W4 I584 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Seminar on Islamic Perspectives on Wealth Creation (2003 : University of Durham)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wealth--Religious aspects--Islam--Congresses.
- Wealth.
- Wealth--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Debt Finance Involving interest payments--the standard method in the global economy--goes against Qur'anic teaching and Shariah law. Wealth creation is therefore one of the greatest challenges facing the Islamic world. This book explores the long-term issues of Islamic capital accumulation and its contribution to the development of Muslim societies.
- Notes:
- Conference proceedings.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0748621008
- OCLC:
- 60835404
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