International Islamic University Malaysia

Southeast Asian region has become one of the leading centers of Islamic economics education. Quality of the human resources in this field, like any other branch of sciences, play an important role in the development of program. As much as the curriculum needs to be improved, the recruitment of quality teachers is also a need. The reference materials are scarce in the field of Islamic economics for lecturers and students alike. Proper identification of the impediments and long-term collective initiatives would significantly make the long journey short.

Islamic Economics literature, especially Islamic Banking and Finance, has shown pace in the recent two decades, but the education of Islamic Economics is pretty much neglected. Islamic Economics is taught with a curriculum in two renowned Malaysian universities since 30 years, University of Malaya and International Islamic University Malaysia. The efforts exercised to develop Islamic economics in theory and practice will remain unsuccessful until these programs in higher learning institutions are given the necessary attention.

Islamic Economics was started to be taught in 1983 in International Islamic University Malaysia as an undergraduate degree. One of the huge challenges for the effective teaching of Islamic Economics is the issue of qualified human capital, which itself is multi-dimensional.

Keeping in mind the strong connectivity between agriculture sector and Islamic economics, the department of Islamic economics at the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) with its Bachelor of Islamic Economics and Management program focuses on the four sides of the discipline; i.e., theoretical, philosophical, technical and philosophical aspects

The scarcity of well-balanced human resources that are expert in both conventional and Islamic economics has always been felt, a reason why STEI Tazkia felt as an encouragement to its establishment. The graduates are believed to possess ethical and moral values when they graduate, as much as they are academicians and practitioners

The author outlines the "quest for an Islamic methodology," pointing out that a dissatisfaction with traditional methods has led to the rise of an Islamic method. The book analyzes classical

The book discusses and analyzes an area of contemporary Islamic economics and finance that is relatively under-written, i.e. Islamic economics education. The book provides a conceptual introduction by experts in Islamic thoughts and education on the urgent need for curriculum reforms in university education that is represented by integration between Islamic heritage and modern disciplines. There are 15 chapters written by experts on different aspects of Islamic economics and finance education.