The charitable crescent politics of aid in the Muslim world
"'Islamic Charity Under Suspicion': such headlines have become familiar since the attacks on the United States on 9.11. The Charitable Crescent is a unique and original account of a hitherto little-known field of pivotal significance to our understanding of the Muslim world today: the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris
2003.
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009420448906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on transliteration and translation Preface
- Introduction Financial Worship Waqf and Islamic finance: two resources for charity Red Crescent politics Helping the 'brothers': the medic, the militant and the fighter NGOs in the contemporary Muslim world Western versus Islamic aid? International Muslim charities and humanitarian aid in Sudan The Balkans case: transnational Islamic networks in Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Conclusion Abbreviations Glossary of Islamic and Arabic terms
- Notes Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index.
