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In early Islamic economics, five different dimensions of analysis are broadly identified. First, economic issues have been discussed by Mufassirin in the light of the Holy Quran. For instance, discussions on the prohibition of usury and the encouragement of economic activities for human welfare. Second; economic issues have been discussed in the light of Fiqh. For example the legal aspects of Mudharibah and Musharikah have been dealt within this discipline in great detail. Third; economic matters have been discussed by Muslims in the light of ethical system of Islam for moral development. The works of Ulama, Sufis, Muslim philosophers and reformers come under this category. Fourthly, some good pieces of works, related to economics have been written by some great scholars of Islam in response to the needs of their times while holding important government offices. The works related to public finance, public revenues, land tax, public expenditure fall under this category. The book Kitab al Kharaj by Imam Abu Yusuf is one such example. Finally some Islamic Scholars and philosophers have provided objective analysis in the field of economics. The analysis made by Imam Ghazzali, Ibn Taimiyah, Ibn Khaldun and lately by Shah Waliullah Dehlwi fall under this category.

From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book helps account for the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (the `ulama) across contemporary Muslim societies. Muhammad Qasim Zaman describes the transformations the centuries-old culture and tradition of the `ulama have undergone in the modern era--transformations that underlie the new religious and political activism of these scholars. In doing so, it provides a new foundation for the comparative study of Islam, politics, and religious change in the contemporary world. While focusing primarily on Pakistan, Zaman takes a broad approach that considers the Taliban and the `ulama of Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India, and the southern Philippines. He shows how their religious and political discourses have evolved in often unexpected but mutually reinforcing ways to redefine and enlarge the roles the `ulama play in society. Their discourses are informed by a longstanding religious tradition, of which they see themselves as the custodians. But these discourses are equally shaped by--and contribute in significant ways to--contemporary debates in the Muslim public sphere. This book offers the first sustained comparative perspective on the `ulama and their increasingly crucial religious and political activism. It shows how issues of religious authority are debated in contemporary Islam, how Islamic law and tradition are continuously negotiated in a rapidly changing world, and how the `ulama both react to and shape larger Islamic social trends. Introducing previously unexamined facets of religious and political thought in modern Islam, it clarifies the complex processes of religious change unfolding in the contemporary Muslim world and goes a long way toward explaining their vast social and political ramifications.

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Qudsnet in Arabic at 1143 gmt on 14 April posts statements by PLO Executive Committee member Wasil Abu-Yusuf in which he denies Israeli reports to the effect that the PNA leadership has agreed \"in principle\" to extend the negotiations \"for a few months\" after the Jewish holidays.

Speaking right after the PLO Executive Committee session, which was presided over by [Mahmud Abbas] at the presidential compound in Ramallah, [Abu-Yusuf] said that the team of negotiators led by Erekat [Sa'ib Urayqat] did not discuss the issue of resignation at all in the course of the session.

In 16 concise chapters on key topics, this work provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, presenting essential background and context for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond.

Gaza, 22 Jan (Ma'an) - The Al-Nasir Salah-al-Din Brigades, the Popular Resistance Committees military wing, and the Martyr Jihad Jibril Brigades have stated that they have their own special ways to bring in weapons into the Gaza Strip, and that nobody has a right to prevent the factions from obtaining weapons and resisting the occupier.

He notes that the Palestinian \"resistance\" has used only 20 per cent of its capabilities and plans to attack \"the Zionist enemy\", adding that they warned \"the Zionist enemy\" but it did not understand the message.

The report says that [Abu-Yusuf] told Ma'an that Salam Fayyad, the resigning prime minister, attended the PLO Executive Committee meeting on 18 April and \"did not set a date for leaving the position officially\", adding that Fayyad is expected to remain in this position \"until a technocrat government is formed that will be...

Imam Sami Abu-Yusuf said victims of recent sex attacks in German cities were to blame because of their \"open clothing\" and perfume. Abu-Yusuf, who is based in the city, said the women who were attacked had dressed in a way that had \"driven the men wild\". Then he added: \"Of course, for these North African men, that was an excuse to grope them.\"