The Character of the Muslim Woman: Women's Emancipation during the Prophet's Lifetime

by Muhammad Umer Chapra

This is a study of the goals, nature and operations of the monetary system of Islam, which has justice as one of its most indispensable objectives.

Genres: Islam, Economics

156 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Dr. M. Umer Chapra is currently serving as Research Advisor at the Islamic Research & Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). Before joining IRTI in 1999, he worked as Senior Economic Advisor at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) from where he retired after a long service of 35 years.
Dr. Chapra also taught in the United States at the Universities of Wisconsin and Kentucky and worked in Pakistan at the Institute of Development Economics and the Islamic Research Institute. He has made seminal contributions to Islamic Economics and Finance over more than three decades.He has authored 16 books and monographs and more than 100 papers and book reviews. Some of his books, monographs and papers have been translated into a number of languages, including Arabic, Bangla, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Malay, Persian, Polish, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.
Consequently, he has received a number of awards, including the Islamic Development Bank Award for Islamic Economics, and the King Faisal International Award for Islamic Studies, both in 1989.
In Fifty-two years of his professional life,he served 2 years in Pakistan, 6 years in the U.S.A. and 44 years in Saudi Arabia.He has worked in Institutes like University of Minnesota,University of Wisconsin, Platteville,Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Karachi ,the Central Institute of Islamic Research, Karachi,University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah .
His most outstanding contributions have been the four books indicated below;
1. Towards a Just Monetary System (1985)
2. Islam and the Economic Challenge (1992)
3. The Future of Economics: An Islamic Perspective (2000)
4. Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform (2008).

Reviews

[Adnan Harysatria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Terjemahannya kurang bagus, jadi bikin pusing. Banyak istilah2 ekonomi yang sebaiknya tidak diterjemahkan, lebih baik menggunakan glossary, misal “bear” dan “bull” di buku ini malah diterjemahkan. Penerjemah sepertinya tidak paham konteks ekonomi atau mungkin belum tau tentang ilmu terjemah (ada mata kuliah tersendiri).

Materi dan penyampaiannya bagus dr sisi penulis. Banyak prinsip2 dan ide2 atw solusi yg ditawarkan penulis utk sistem moneter yg ada sekarang ini ttg bagaimana seharusnya dr sisi moneter islam. Buku ini bisa dibilang mesti dibaca utk penggiat moneter islam, tapi sebaiknya BACA DARI BAHASA ASLINYA AJA. Berhubung bahasa aslinya dalam bahasa inggris bukan arab.