Managing Philanthrophy For Social Security & Economic Empowerment (Vol. 1, YTI Lecture Series)

Author: Mohammed Obaidullah

Publisher: USIM Press

ISBN : 9789674401733

Year: 2015

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Pages: 276pp

Price : RM 38

Lack of social security is often associated with a denial of choices and opportunities, and a violation of human dignity. The Islamic approach to ensuring social security is a unique one that involves economic empowerment, that is not debt-driven, that targets the family as a unit and that is rooted in benevolence and philanthropy. The present book presents the Islamic vision of development and social security for all and the role of the institutions of philanthropy therein, such as, zakat, sadaqa and awqaf. It presents the core principles of managing these institutions with a view to ensuring social security through economic empowerment. It presents as many as sixteen case studies of successful zakat and awqaf-based organizations from across the globe to highlight their good practices. These have useful lessons for strengthening the philanthropy sector and for replication of the relevant modes and models of economic empowerment in Islamic societies.