For Humanity or for the Umma? - Aid and Islam in Transnational Muslim NGOs

A discussion of how Muslim NGOs function and their global impact in disaster relief and development.

About the author

Marie Juul Petersen is a researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights. She has researched and written extensively on religion, aid and NGOs, and her work has appeared in several scientific journals, including Development in Practice, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Third World Quarterly and Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations.

Product details

• Authors: Marie Juul Petersen, Petersen Marie Juul
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9781849044325
• ISBN: 978-1-84904-432-5
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Islamic countries, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities