Islamic charities and Islamic humanism in troubled times / Jonathan Benthall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benthall, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Humanitarianism (Series)

Humanitarianism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Charities.

Islam.

Islam and humanism.

Islam and politics.

Religious tolerance--History--21st century.

Religious tolerance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This text is the fruit of twenty years' reflection on Islamic charities, both practically and as a key to understand the crisis in contemporary Islam. On the one hand Islam is undervalued as a moral and political force whose admirable qualities are epitomised in its strong tradition of charitable giving. On the other hand, it suffers from a crisis of authority that cannot be blamed entirely on the history of colonialism and stigmatisation to which Muslims have undoubtedly been subjected - most recently, as a result of the 'War on Terror'.

Contents:

Part I. Islamic Charities

Islamic charities, Faith Based Organizations and the international aid system

Islamic aid in a North Malian enclave

Have Islamic aid agencies a privileged relationship in majority Muslim areas? The case of post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh

The Palestinian zakat committees 1993-2007 and their contested interpretations

The Islamic Charities Project (formerly Montreux Initiative)

An unholy tangle: Boim versus the Holy Land Foundation

The Tariq Ramadan visa case

Islamic philanthropy in Indonesia

Puripetal force in the charitable field

part II. Islamic Humanism

Confessional cousins and the rest: the structure of Islamic toleration

Religious persecution and conflict in the twenty-first century

What makes Islam unique? Tariq Ramadan

Mona Siddiqui

Akbar Ahmed

Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Religion and violence.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 27, 2026).

ISBN:

9781784997892

1784997897

9781526124005

1526124009

9781784997458

1784997455

OCLC:

1085606196