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      • Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press

        Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) is a world-class publishing house founded on international best practices, excellence and innovation. It strives to be a cornerstone of Qatar’s knowledge-based economy by providing a unique local and international platform for literature, discovery and learning. Headquartered in Doha, Qatar, HBKU Press publishes a wide range of texts including fiction and non-fiction titles, children’s books, collections, and annual reports. In addition, HBKU Press publishes peer-reviewed, scholarly research in the natural and social sciences through academic books, open-access reference materials and conference proceedings. HBKU Press consistently follows international best practices in its publishing procedures, ethics and management, ensuring a steadfast quality of production and a dedication to excellence.

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      • Refueling an Islamic Government

        by Engku Muhammad Tajuddin Engku Ali, Aznan Hasan

        The success of the Islamic Government in the area of Umar al-Khattab and Umar Abdul Aziz in eradicating poverty in the state is commonly acknowledged. What has been conducted in their days to make this poverty eradication success and what ate the tools and mechanism that has been utilized? This book, "Refueling An Islamic Government" has the answer to this question. "Refueling An Islamic Government" is an interesting book to read. It manages to shed a light on the sources of wealth in administering an Islamic government. This book consists of two major elements. First, the ordained Islamic financial instruments that are used in the early days of Islam. The divergences between Zakah and other Islamic taxation tools including Jizyah, Kharaj and "Ushr will be brought to the surface together with their similarities. The second element for this book is a brief explanation on the right of an Islamic Government to impose additional taxes besides of these ordained instruments. Generally, an Islamic Government entitled to impose additional taxes but, several conditions must be fulfilled before doing it so. This book is a must for anybody who wants to have a general yet sufficient knowledge on zakah and Islamic taxation system.

      • Economics

        Lexicon of Islamic Heritage of Economic Thought

        by Group of authors

        Muslim scientists have a significant contribution to the development of great economic sciences, which contributed to achieving economic renaissance throughout the Islamic civilization history. In the context of seeking to regenerate Islamic heritage, emphasizing Muslims role and their contributions to economic thinking contrary to western and Arab allegations with western ideology, which denied the existence of economic thinking before the methodically birth of modern economic science. This study aims to provide a scientific database for researchers in Islamic heritage and economic thinking, contribute to research development and economic analysis, study writers’ surrounding environment and its impact on their economic thoughts. It also seeks to draw attention to the importance of lexical authoring and its role in the development of scientific research. The idea of the project is based on shedding light on Muslims’ heritage in Economics from the end of the second century - as an onset of economic thought features in Islamic literature and records - until the fall of the Islamic Caliphate, realizing intellectual development in Economics among muslims as much as possible, and grasping how it could be made use of and benefited from in formulating and developing a modern economic theory. That is through presenting the key economic ideas included in the books: Money, Kharaj, Waqfs and Sharia Politics and other works concerned with economic subjects, financial transactions and the like and its economic analysis in Islamic fiqh.

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