Muslim Civilization

by Chapra, M. Umer

• ISBN13: 9780860374619
• ISBN10: 0860374610
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Islamic Foundation

Summary

"[This is] a subject of such relevance and importance that one wonders why nobody else dealt with it in book form before."-Dr. Wilfried HofmannMuslim civilization has experienced a decline during the last five centuries after previously having undergone a long period of prosperity. Is Islam or other factors responsible for this? M. Umer Chapra provides an authoritative diagnosis and prescription to reverse this decline.M. Umer Chapra is a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, and author of The Future of Economics and Islam and the Economic Challenge.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Some Crucial Questions	p. 1
Ibn Khaldūn's Theory of Development and Decline	p. 17
Factors that Contributed to the Rise of the Muslims	p. 34
Factors Responsible for Muslim Decline	p. 45
Economic Decline	p. 68
Decline in Education, Science and Technology	p. 96
Social Decline	p. 133
Some Lessons ('Ibar) from Muslim History	p. 149
Failure to Learn the Lessons	p. 158
The Need for Reform	p. 164
References	p. 195
Index	p. 217
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