"This book contributes practical solutions and knowledge production in alleviating poverty in Muslim countries by adopting Islamic approaches to contemporary socio-economics and the importance of Zakat in sustaining development and supporting the welfare of society."

In-work poverty is a reality for too many persons in the European Union (EU). Although everyone is in agreement that poverty must be reduced, rarely is there a specific focus on the plight of those who, despite working, are poor. This important book is the first to unreservedly meet the...

Im Jahr 2009 gab es in Österreich 114.400 Alleinerziehende mit Kindern unter 15 Jahren, davon waren 92% alleinerziehende Mütter und 8% alleinerziehende Väter. Jede achte Frau (14%) und einer von hundert Männern (1%) mit Kindern unter 15 Jahren ist somit Alleinerzieher/-in. Die in Kooperation...