Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
Contents:
Islamic Charities. Islamic charities, Faith Based Organizations and the international aid system -- Islamic aid in a North Malian enclave -- Have Islamic aid agencies a privileged relationship in majority Muslim areas? The case of post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh -- The Palestinian zakat committees 1993-2007 and their contested interpretations -- The Islamic Charities Project (formerly Montreux Initiative) -- An unholy tangle: Boim versus the Holy Land Foundation -- The Tariq Ramadan visa case -- Islamic philanthropy in Indonesia -- Puripetal force in the charitable field. Islamic Humanism. Confessional cousins and the rest: the structure of Islamic toleration -- Religious persecution and conflict in the twenty-first century -- What makes Islam unique? Tariq Ramadan -- Mona Siddiqui - Akbar Ahmed -- Yusuf al-Qaradawi --Religion and violence.
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