Economic Thinking of Arab Muslim Writers During the Nineteenth Century

Islahi explores the state of Arab Muslim economic thinking in the 19th century. Investigating the works of nine distinguished Arab writers from various fields, Islahi concludes that the intellectual, economic and Islamic awakening seen in the 19th century paved the way for the development of Islamic economics in the 20th century.

Dr Abdul Azim Islahi is Professor at the Islamic Economics Institute, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has spent more than 35 years in research, teaching and expanding the frontiers of the discipline of Islamic economics. His main contribution is filling the research gap in the history of Islamic economic thought.