Islamicity Indices The Seed for Change [Hardcover]

The extent of Islamicity, or what Islam demands, is measured to confirm that self-declared Muslim countries have not adopted foundational Islamic teachings for rule-compliant Muslim communities. Western countries, on the other hand, are demonstrated to have better implemented fundamental Islamic teachings for a thriving society.Foreword by Hossein Askari and Dariush Zahedi Foreword by Abbas Mirakhor 1. Introduction 2. Fundamental Islamic Teachings 3. The Indices and their Formulation 4. The Results Islamicity Rankings of All Countries 5. The Seed for Change in Muslim Countries and in their International Relations 6. Concluding Comments Appendix 1: Islamicity Indices for Muslim Countries Appendix 2: Indicators and Sources

This concise, yet comprehensive, book is a valiant effort to make a difficult subject accessible to the general public and is a must-read for those who wish to pre-empt the Bernard Lewis-Samuel Huntington fantasy of the 'clash of civilizations' from becoming a reality. Abbas Mirakhor, First Holder of the INCEIF Chair in Islamic Finance, International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, Malaysia

The attentive public is familiar with the five pillars of Islam, which prescribe how Muslims should behave at the individual level. Much less is known, however, about injunctions by the Quran and the Prophet on the distinguishing social, economic, and political features of the just Islamic order, enabling self-proclaimed 'Islamists' and pundits to fill the void. Askari and Mohammadkhan have rendered an invaluable service by distilling the primary socio-economic and political teachings of Islam in the form of measurable Islamicity Indices. The disparity between what is and what ought to be in Muslim majority countries is sobering, but the Islamicity Indices light the path forward. Dariush Zahedi, Director of the Berkeley Program on Entrepreneurship and Development in the Middle East, University of California, Berkeley, USA&l32