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There are many misconceptions regarding Islamic Societies and how they have failed to come up with solutions to socio-economic problems in dealing with poverty alleviation. This book explores why there is so much disconnect between Spirituality and Enterprise Development in today's world, and how the Islamic world can be part of the solution.
List of contents
Foreword, Acknowledgments, Prologue. Part I – Orientation - Spiritual Bases of Regional Cultures. 1. Akhuwat – A Community Built on The Paradigm of Mawakhat/Solidarity. 2. Pakistan’s Cultural Genealogy: Through Integral 4 C’S. 3. The SOUL-idarity Impulse. Part II - The Mawakhat Paradigm. 4. The GENE-alogy of Mawakhat/Solidarity: Integral Solidarity Ryhthm Through Akhuwat’s 4 I’s. 5. Akhuwat CARE-ing 4 Pakistan. Part III - The Mawakhat Effect – Employing Solidarity. 6. Embodying Action: Akhuwat’s Bond of Solidarity. 7. Akhuwat’s Lending Methodology. 8. The Benevolence Multiplier Effect: Akhuwat Success Stories. Part IV - The Fourth "P" – The Integral Solidarity Paradigm. 9. The Integral Hikma: SOUL-idarity Process. Epilogue
About the author
Muhammad Amjad Saqib is the founder and chairperson of Akhuwat, the world’s largest Qard-e-Hasan Trust. He has also worked as a consultant for various international development agencies, such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Labor Organization (ILO), UNICEF, the World Bank, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), USAID and DFID.
Aneeqa Malik is a transformation management consultant and Akhuwat UK’s senior research and development strategist. She is an action learning (ILM) and research facilitator and a research fellow at TRANS4M’s Centre for Integral Development, Hotonnes, France. She is currently on a PHD (Personal Holistic Development) program for TRANS4M’s ‘CARE-4-Society’ module.
Summary
There are many misconceptions regarding Islamic Societies and how they have failed to come up with solutions to socio-economic problems in dealing with poverty alleviation. This book explores why there is so much disconnect between Spirituality and Enterprise Development in today’s world, and how the Islamic world can be part of the solution.
