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Translating Faith into Development

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Translating Faith into Development

by Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Ismail Tahmazov & Mamoun Abu Arqub

TYPE

Policy Paper

OFFICE

Islamic Relief Worldwide

LANGUAGE

English

YEAR

2009

KEYWORDS
Development, Faith & Development, Faith Perspective, Humanitarian, Islam, Islamic Relief

  Over the last two decades there has been a growing interest in the role of faith in development and in particular the role of Muslim faith based development organisations (FBOs). Despite the growth in the number of these organisations there has been little analysis of how Islamic teachings relating to the poor and needy have influenced their operational strategy. Charitable giving is a central theme in Islam and Muslim FBOs facilitate the collection of funds from Muslim donors and their distribution to the poor in other areas of the world. Traditionally their work has focused on emergency relief work and short term projects aimed at meeting the basic needs of those living in poverty. There has been very little involvement in long term development projects that aim to empower the poor and even less focus on advocacy work on issues of social justice. The absence of work of this kind can be partially explained by a lack of awareness as to how Islamic teachings can provide guidance for long term development. Office http://policy.islamic-relief.com Citation Khan, A. Tahmazov, I & Arqub, M. (2009). Translating Faith into Development. Islamic Relief Worldwide, Birmingham, [Online] Available: http://policy.islamic-relief.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Translating-Faith-Into-Development.pdf

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Islamic Relief: Faith and identity in Practice

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Islamic Relief: Faith and identity in Practice

by Mamoun Abu Arqub

TYPE

Policy Paper

OFFICE

Islamic Relief Worldwide

LANGUAGE

English

YEAR

2010

KEYWORDS
Faith & Development, Identity, INTRAC, Islamic Relief

  Inspired by his Islamic faith, Dr Hany El Banna, an Egyptian immigrant, founded Islamic Relief (IR) in the UK in 1984. IR is a faith-based organisation (FBO) and the largest Muslim humanitarian aid organisation in the West. Faith is a major factor in shaping its identity as well as its values and choices. Islam indicates that each individual has a duty to care for the poor and is accountable for his or her deeds on earth. Therefore, it is important that the organisation abides by Islamic principles and values while contributing to fighting poverty. Faith defines the organisation’s identity; it influences its performance, choices and actions. In practice, IR’s fundraising on the one hand, and projects , demonstrate the spirit of its Islamic humanitarian work. Office http://policy.islamic-relief.com Citation Arqub,M. (2010). Faith and identity in Practice. [Online] Available: http://policy.islamic-relief.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Faith-and-identity-in-practice.pdf

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An Islamic Perspective on Leadership: Qur’anic World View on the Qualities of Leaders

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An Islamic Perspective on Leadership: Qur’anic World View on the Qualities of Leaders

by Dr Kasim Randeree

TYPE

Article, Journal

OFFICE

UK

LANGUAGE

English

YEAR

2014

KEYWORDS
Faith & Development, Faith Perspective, International Development, Islamic Relief Academy, Research and Development

  Leadership as a topic can be studied from many different viewpoints including political military, social, religious or corporate. This paper aims to provide scholars with an analysis of religious perspective on corporate and social leadership. This paper focuses on Qur’anic scripture in relation to the qualities of leaders from an Islamic viewpoint and the scripture’s applicability to contemporary views on leadership. This work further examines leadership and its importance and growing role in the culturally diverse global economy. The intensification of debate between civilisations with divergent views on a plethora of issues has placed a spotlight on Islam and prompted a need for dialogue. This paper thus addresses the topic of leadership, with a view to continuing discourse amongst scholars seeking to learn from the richness of Islamic history. This paper considers both cultural variance and the Islamic view of leadership and presents an evaluation on the qualities in leaders in Islam and their applicability to contemporary society. This work draws on a variety of resources with a centralised focus on Qur’anic scripture to understand individuals mentioned therein relevant Judeo Christian and Islamic history Office http://iracademy.org.uk/ Citation Randeree, K. (2009 ). An Islamic Perspective on Leadership: Qur’anic World View on the Qualities of Leaders. The Global Studies Journal. 2 (1 ), p197-210.

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