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  • Conceptions of Justice from Islam to the Present

    by Hossein Askari, Abbas Mirakhor ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explains a perspective on the system of justice that emerges in Islam if rules are followed and how the Islamic system is differentiated from the conventional thinking on justice. It examines conceptions of justice from the Enlightenment to Bentham to Rawls to contemporary philosophers including Sen, Cohen, Nussbaum, and Pogge. The authors present the views of twentieth century Muslim ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Reformation and Development in the Muslim World

    Islamicity Indices as Benchmark

    by Hossein Askari, Hossein Mohammadkhan, Liza Mydin ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores how the recent development of Muslim countries as a group has fallen far short of non-Muslim countries, which, some have concluded, may be a result of Islamic teachings. The authors examine Muslim countries over time, viewing their progression on the Islamicity scale. They assess why some countries have done better than others, and to derive useful policy recommendations to ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Conceptions of Justice from Earliest History to Islam

    by Abbas Mirakhor, Hossein Askari ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the conceptions of justice from Zarathustra to Islam. The text explores the conceptions of justice by Zarathustra, Ancient Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, Noah, Abraham, and Moses. During the Axial Age (800-200BCE), the focus of justice is in India, China, and Greece. In the post-Axial age, the focus is on Christianity. The authors then turn to Islam, where justice is conceived as a ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Ideal Islamic Economy

    An Introduction

    by Abbas Mirakhor, Hossein Askari ...
    Series series Political Economy of Islam
    This book provides an introduction to the vision of an economic system based completely on the Holy Qur’an—a system defined as a collection of institutions, representing rules of behavior, prescribed by Allah for humans, and the traditions of the Messenger. The authors argue that the main reason for the economic underperformance of Muslim countries and their economies has been non-compliance with ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Islamicity Indices

    The Seed for Change

    by Hossein Askari, Hossein Mohammadkhan ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The extent of Islamicity, or what Islam demands, is measured to confirm that self-declared Muslim countries have not adopted foundational Islamic teachings for rule-compliant Muslim communities. Western countries, on the other hand, are demonstrated to have better implemented fundamental Islamic teachings for a thriving society. ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Conflicts and Wars

    Their Fallout and Prevention

    by Hossein Askari ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Explaining how the price of aggression is low enough that governments do not avoid conflicts, this book uses examples drawn from recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf to examine many dimensions of costs incurred by warfare and proposes a private sector solution to warfare's low cost. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization

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  • Interventions

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  • The Politics of Discipleship

    Becoming Postmaterial Citizens

    by Graham Ward, James Smith ...
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