TY - BOOK AU - Clarke,Matthew AU - Tittensor,David TI - Islam and development: exploring the invisible aid economy SN - 978-1-4094-7080-9 U1 - 361.75 23E PY - 2014/// CY - Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate Pub. Company KW - Economic development KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam KW - Islamic countries KW - Non-governmental organizations KW - Charities KW - Economics KW - Islamic fundamentalism N1 - Notes bibliogr; Introduction: the invisible aid sector / David Tittensor & Mathew Clarke -- Is islam an obstacle for progress? The analysis of Said Nursi / Salih Yucel -- Zakat and poverty in Islam / Jan Ali -- The changing nature of Islamic mission: the cases of the Gülen Movement and Tablighi Jamaat / David Tittensor -- Islamic international aid flows for poverty alleviation / Matthew Clarke -- Development by Muslims, with Muslims and among Muslims: prospects and challenges for Christian aid agencies / Peter Riddell -- Riba-free finance and zakat-induced economic aid: the political economy of two developmental initiatives in the Muslim world / Ameer Ali -- Applying Islamic finance principles to microfinance / Aimatul Yumna -- Mobile phones and religion: the case of women micro-entrepreneurs in a religious community in Indonesia / Misita Anwar & Graeme Johanson -- Religion and post-disaster development / Ismet Fanany & Rebecca Fanany -- Piety, gender relations and Muslim women's empowerment: case of islamic NGOs in Bangladesh / Mohammad Salehin -- Invisible aid: islam, Muslim NGOs and development / Matthew Clarke, Gerhard Hoffstaedter & David Tittensor ER -