Faith in finance : the role of zakat in international development

In this thesis, I examine contemporary manifestations of the Islamic practice of zakat and its relationship with mainstream international development. Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam; it requires all Muslims who possess above a certain level of wealth to pay roughly 2.5 percent of their di...

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Main Author: Minor, Allison Dale
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26394