Towards Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah-Based Index of Socio-Economic Development: An Introduction to the Issues and Literature

Salman Syed Ali
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Salman Syed Ali: Islamic Development Bank

Chapter Chapter 1 in Towards a Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah Index of Socio-Economic Development, 2019, pp 1-20 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter provides introduction to the idea of Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah-based socio-economic development index. It addresses key questions such as: Why a balanced socio-economic development is important? How such development can be defined in terms of objectives of Sharīʿah? What are the possible ways to measure it? Lastly, what are the current directions of the literature thus summarizing the contents of the book?

Keywords: Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah; Socio-economic development index; Summary of literature (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12793-0_1

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