Add to ORKGWhy is the Islamic world, once the centre the medieval world, now lagging so far behind? The importance of the topic has attracted economic historians trying to explain this dramatic story of economic decline. Among the various explanations those provided by Kuran concerning the alleged rigidity of Islamic jurisprudence and the Islamic law of inheritance are best known. In this article I will closely examine his views and provide an alternative explanation as to why Islamic companies could not expand beyond a certain size during the early modern age
The first commercial Islamic bank was founded in 1975. Today, Islamic finance is a $1.6 trillion glo...
This is a critical evaluation of the book entitled The Long Divergence:How Islamic Law Held Back the...
This study explores the interaction between trade and geography in shaping the Islamic economic doct...
Why is the Islamic world, once the centre the medieval world, now lagging so far behind? The import...
ABSTRACT This article first identifies the basic theoretical characteristics of an Islamic economy a...
Why was economic development retarded in the Middle East relative to Western Europe, despite the Mid...
The normal operations of commercial banks in Western economies do not conform to the religious requi...
The economic institutions of the classical Islamic world include Islamic contract law and the waqf, ...
It is argued in this paper that Islam had developed its own capitalistic system centuries before the...
Classical Islamic law recognizes only natural persons; it does not grant standing to corporations. T...
Islamic law or Shari’a purports to govern all aspects of the private and public life of the believer...
Is Islam compatible with modern economic development? The poor development record of predominantly M...
AbstractMany researchers have shown that differences in legal origin explain differences in financia...
This article was composed from the fact that the presence of Sharia Financial Institutions (SFC) can...
Post World War II, with the emergence of nation states – the need for development of Islamic economi...
The first commercial Islamic bank was founded in 1975. Today, Islamic finance is a $1.6 trillion glo...
This is a critical evaluation of the book entitled The Long Divergence:How Islamic Law Held Back the...
This study explores the interaction between trade and geography in shaping the Islamic economic doct...
Why is the Islamic world, once the centre the medieval world, now lagging so far behind? The import...
ABSTRACT This article first identifies the basic theoretical characteristics of an Islamic economy a...
Why was economic development retarded in the Middle East relative to Western Europe, despite the Mid...
The normal operations of commercial banks in Western economies do not conform to the religious requi...
The economic institutions of the classical Islamic world include Islamic contract law and the waqf, ...
It is argued in this paper that Islam had developed its own capitalistic system centuries before the...
Classical Islamic law recognizes only natural persons; it does not grant standing to corporations. T...
Islamic law or Shari’a purports to govern all aspects of the private and public life of the believer...
Is Islam compatible with modern economic development? The poor development record of predominantly M...
AbstractMany researchers have shown that differences in legal origin explain differences in financia...
This article was composed from the fact that the presence of Sharia Financial Institutions (SFC) can...
Post World War II, with the emergence of nation states – the need for development of Islamic economi...
The first commercial Islamic bank was founded in 1975. Today, Islamic finance is a $1.6 trillion glo...
This is a critical evaluation of the book entitled The Long Divergence:How Islamic Law Held Back the...
This study explores the interaction between trade and geography in shaping the Islamic economic doct...