Islamic Perspective on Charity: A comprehensive guide for running a muslim nonprofit in the U.S.

The tragedy and resulting tempest of September 11, 2001 forever changed the global scope and mechanics of nonprofit organizations in the US and around the world. In the aftermath of this tragedy, the nonprofit world changed forever and all nonprofits found themselves the focus of attention from the government, the media and the public at large. Muslim nonprofits found themselves under intense scrutiny with their operations being under a cloud of suspicion. Unfortunately, a number of large Muslim charities were closed administratively on the basis of what many in the Muslim and Arab community consider weak evidence or no evidence of wrongdoing and without due process. There is a need to educate the public on the concept of Muslim charity, on how Muslim charities operate and to offer a guide on how to operate a successful charity that is professional, open and transparent.Visualizing this need, Dr. Khalil Jassemm, one of the leading figures in the Muslim and Arab NGO sector with more than 15 years of experience, offers the reader a comprehensive guide for understanding Islamic charity and for running a successful nonprofit in the US. By taking the reader through an overview of the concept and significance of charity in Islam in a comparative context and the primary phases of founding, organization, management and practice, this book addresses important issues facing nonprofit organizations operating in the post-9/11 world. Charity work is not simple work. To many in the lay public, charity work is perceived as simply accepting donations and giving that money away. To professionals, it is about properly acquiring the donation, managing it, spending it, and publicizing the work. This book will be an invaluable nonprofit organizational and management reference tool, while also providing a comparative perspective on the act of Islamic charity. Regardless of mission type, this text will provide guidance for all nonprofits to becoming more professional and effective. Thoug

Dr. Khalil Jassemm was born in 1954 in Al-Wajihiya, Iraq, a small village northeast of Baghdad. In 1976, he earned his Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Technology, Baghdad. Dr. Jassemm moved to the United States in 1979. He received his Masters degree in Aerial Surveying Engineering in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Photogrammetric and Remote Sensing Engineering in 1985 from the University of Madison-Wisconsin, the leading institution in the field of Photogrammetric Remote Sensing at the time. Dr. Jassemm taught in several colleges and universities in the US and abroad. He is the founder of LIFE for Relief and Development, an international nonprofit organization based in Southfield, Michigan, and is currently its CEO and President. With over 15 years of experience in the field of international relief, Dr. Jassemm is renowned as a leading figure in the domain of Muslim and Arab NGOs in the US. Dr. Jassemm is recognized as one of the top leaders of the Muslim and Arab community in North America. In this capacity, he has been interviewed by a number of print and electronic media outlets in the United States and abroad, and has served on many panels in the US as an authority on Muslim and Arab NGO issues. LIFE for Relief and Development is the largest Arab-American and Muslim NGO holding a consultative status with