Islamic Foundation

Provides bibliographic data for a wide amount of literature in English and Urdu on Islamic economics.

The book is a collection of works that were presented at the Second International Conference on Islamic Economics. The conference took place in Islamabad in 1983. Iqbal contributes the introduction to the papers' compilation. The authors of the pieces therein deal with issues related to fair distribution in

This study proposes a selection of different ways to allow for interest free financing for rural development. It explains how Islamic banks can play a positive part in improving the state of the rural underprivileged. Chapter one discusses rural development, reasons for the existing poverty, and obstacles standing in the way of change. The second chapter addresses rural development and rural finance. The following chapter expands the discussion by looking at the role of Islamic banks in rural development. The final chapter then concerns itself with legal and institutional support.

This book deals mainly with the elimination of poverty in an Islamic perspective, microfinancial services and poverty alleviation in Bangladesh through a comparative analysis of secular and Islamic NGOs and the elimination of Riba as a measure truly dedicated to poverty alleviation.

Abul A'la Mawdudi is the father of modern Islamic economics. He wrote extensively on the creation of an economic system based on justice. He believed strongly that efficiency and equity must be linked and that the fair creation and distribution of wealth are essential to social justice. Here, Mawdudi's writings are translated into English.

The main content includes: Religion; ethics and economics;

This book attempts to reveal to those economists who do not have access to the Qur'an, Sunnah, and

The work systematically presents development in an Islamic perspective and discusses the question of neoclassical, socialist, and traditional approaches' potential to achieve the sort of development that is sought out in