Poverty and charity in the rise of Islam / Michael Bonner -- Status-based definitions of need in early Islamic Zakat … welfare / Juan R.I. Cole -- Islam, philanthropy, and political culture in interwar Egypt : the activism of Labiba Ahmad / Beth …

In this book, economist Jean-Philippe Platteau addresses the question: does Islam, the religion of Muslims, bear some … challenges the widespread view that the doctrine of Islam is reactionary in the sense that it defends tradition against modernity … and individual freedom. He also questions the view that fusion between religion and politics is characteristic of Islam …