...Abdulkader Cassim Mahomedy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique the philosophical underpinnings of the growing field of Islamic economics. Design/methodology/approach A critical and comparative review of Islamic economics texts written by key proponents during the last eight...

..., Islam and Judaism (as other major religions) are homogeneous in their view of the MOW and view laziness as a sin and work as the highest form of worshipping God and request their followers to behave accordingly, namely work hard, be frugal, etc. as a manifestation of faith. Parboteeah et al...

...Abdelghani Echchabi; Oladokun Nafiu Olaniyi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the preferences of Malaysian banks' customers for Islamic banking attributes. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses mixed methodology. The quantitative approach consists of the collection...

... Group Publishing Limited 2012 Canada Islam Earnings Muslims Religiosity Religion Human capital return Social scientists since Max Weber have been interested in the role of religion in shaping individual agents' incentives and behaviours and from there socioeconomic organization...

...Abouzar Zangoueinezhad; Asghar Moshabaki Purpose Human development is the most modern development approach. However, the proposed human development indexes for implementation of Islamic human resource management (HRM) do not suffice to realize the Islamic developed society. The purpose...

... of the Islamic Felicity Party. Activated within the context of a socially Islamic, politically secularist and economically capitalist country, it has yielded dichotomous definitions of the party's welfare and labour strategies. Leftist Turkish media dubs the Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the “Che Guevara...

...Abdus Samad; Lowell M. Glenn Purpose The unity of Divine Law is reflected in monotheistic faiths having their origin with Prophet Abraham (pbuh), but later divided into three major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. There is a unity of Divine practice in a variety of areas among...

...Sadegh Bakhtiari; Hossein Meisami Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of health and education on income distribution and poverty in selected Islamic countries. Design/methodology/approach A model of income inequality along with a model of poverty, with same...

...Jasim Al‐Ajmi; Hameeda Abo Hussain; Nadhem Al‐Saleh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report a study into: the motives that dispose customers in Bahrain to choose a specific bank; the level of familiarity of customers with the most widely used services/products offered by Islamic banks...

...Nasrin Shahinpoor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show the link between Islamic banking and microfinancing. Design/methodology/approach The approach used in this paper is first to describe the basic principles of Islamic banking and microfinancing and then to show the link between...

...Alsadek Gait; Andrew Worthington Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the attitudes, perceptions and knowledge of Islamic financial products and services. Design/methodology/approach A synoptic survey of empirical analyses about Islamic financial products and services and comparison...

...Masudul Alam Choudhury Purpose To address the much heated debate now raging in the international scene, namely between Islam and the West as two great civilization forces of mankind. Design/methodology/approach The objective is achieved by studying it in the light of rigorous analysis...

...Masudul Alam Choudhury; Toseef Azid; Mushtaq Ahmad Klasra Purpose To apply the Tawhidi epistemology in the automobile industry as the paradigm of the Islamic socio‐scientific order in terms of its inherent knowledge‐centered worldview. Design/methodology/approach The concepts of unity...

...Masudul Alam Choudhury Purpose The paper aims to offer a new perspective on the strictly microeconomic nature of all of Islamic economics. Writers in this field continue to work in the mainstream tradition without noticing the micro‐interface of the theoretical nature of Islamic economics...

...Masudul Alam Choudhury; Mostaque Hussain Purpose Theological perspectives in ethics, values and their functional application in the real world are vividly covered by the theory and practice of Islamic banking in recent times. This paper seeks to formalize the theological paradigm of the unity...

... capita and low fertility rate. This observation holds true in the HDI rank as well [12] . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Economic growth Ethics Islam There has been a profound transition in the perception of development – from the pre‐1970s emphasis on economic growth...

...Farhad F. Ghannadian; Gautam Goswami By 2003, there was a total of 176 Islamic banks around the globe with their total assets close to $147 billion. This article shows that this form of specialized banking may help in promoting growth in these developing economies. During the transition phase...

...Saiful Azhar Rosly; Mohd Afandi Abu Bakar The study found that Islamic banking scheme (IBS) banks have recorded higher return on assets (ROA) as they are able to utilize existing overheads carried by mainstream banks. As this lowers their overhead expenses, it is found that the higher ROA ratio...

...M. Shahid Ebrahim; Tan Kai Joo This paper studies the current realities of the Islamic banking system of Brunei Darussalam from the perspective of the theories of modern financial intermediation and Islamic financial contracting. The limited information on the banking system of Brunei Darussalam...

...Masudul Alam Choudhury A theoretical methodology premised on the epistemology of divine unity as the world view of all Islamic socio‐scientific inquiry, is introduced. This general theory based on the knowledge‐centred interactive, integrative and evolutionary process of social becoming is next...