Islamic economics [IE] emerged with a new vision and aspiration of a better path to development. Unfortunately, IE has evolved mostly as an intellectual/academic shell, in which poverty eradication, except in rhetoric, is a peripheral concern.Gradually, IE was eclipsed by its offshoot, Islamic...

Modern economies have experienced unprecedented growth and prosperity, enabling a large majority of their societies to rise above poverty. The economics of wealth accumulation seems to have steadily unfolded offering better standards of living to the majority of those living in the developed...