In the Qur’an, the covenant is etiological. As Tariq Jaffer writes, “from the perspective of the Qur’an the event in cosmic history is one that establishes and binds together the monotheistic worldview and an ethos or program of conduct on earth for humanity”.
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region are highly vulnerable to climate change. With ongoing rapid and competing development in diverse economic sectors, such as infrastructure, healthcare, sports, and education, amongst others, innovative financing approaches are needed to secure the necessary financing required to mitigate and adapt to climate change in the region. Climate finance is critical to achieve climate change adaptation and mitigation objectives.
Love and beauty have been defining elements of
This chapter explores how it may be possible to understand the structure and treatment of foreign workers in Qatar in terms of Islamic principles, ethics, and culture. Studies in industrial sociology and organizational psychology have conducted studies of the Islamic work ethic with surveys to determine levels of commitment to work, job satisfaction, and the like. These studies have largely looked toward
The Islamic labor market rests on the principles of the free market exchange of Islamic economics. Regrettably, the latter has failed to keep pace with the rapidly growing academic and professional developments of the former. Much of the published work within Islamic economics is idealistic if not radically ideological with little relevance to the Islamic labor market, leaving students of Islamic economics without a coherent body of economic theory to understand the practical objectives of Shariah that gives a sense of direction to the developments in this field.
This chapter presents information from two surveys of migrant domestic workers one in Beirut, Lebanon and the other in Cairo, Egypt. It examines the social profiles of migrant workers who are recruited through two very different procurement and placement systems and to evaluate their living and working conditions and the types and frequency of abuses perpetrated against migrant domestic workers. Paid domestic workers are in a unique employment relationship that has both occupational as well as personal elements that are clearly identifiable in Arab states.