Muslim Civilization: the Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform

Muhammad Umer Chapra

ISBN 10: 0860374610 / ISBN 13: 9780860374619

Published by Islamic Foundation, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Muslim Civilization: the Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform
• Publisher: Islamic Foundation
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860374610
• ISBN 13: 9780860374619
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"[This is] a subject of such relevance and importance that one wonders why nobody else dealt with it in book form before."—Dr. Wilfried Hofmann

Muslim civilization has experienced a decline during the last five centuries after previously having undergone a long period of prosperity and comprehensive development. This raises a number of questions such as what factors enable Muslims to become successful during the earlier centuries of Islam and what led them to their present weak position. Is Islam responsible for this decline or are there some other factors which come into play? 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.

About the Author

Dr. M. Umer Chapra is presently working as a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Jeddah, after aving retired as senior economic advisor from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. He has published widely on Islamic Economics and Finance and is justly regarded as one of the pioneers of this subject.