Open AccessThe Seminar on Islamic Economics
Author(s) -
Muhammad Anwar
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v4i1.2745
Subject(s) - islamization , islam , islamic economics , session (web analytics) , islamic finance , political science , library science , management , sociology , law , social science , theology , economics , philosophy , business , advertising , computer science
The International Institute of Islamic Thought sponsored a major seminaron “Islamic Economics” in North America on March 28-29, 1987 at itsWashington D.C. area headquatters in Herndon, Virginia. The seminar wascoordinated by Dr. Muhammad Anwar, secretary of the Economic DisciplineCouncil of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists. Although there wasgreat interest expressed by numerous professors and graduate students ofeconomics, the registration was limited to seventy participants due to sometemporary physical constraints.The program began with recitations of the Qur‘an followed by addresses ofDr. Taha Jabir Al-‘Alwani, President of the International Institute of IslamicThought; Dr. ‘AbdulHamid ’Abu Sulayman, President of the Association ofMuslim Social Scientists; and Dr. Raquibuz Zaman, Chairman of theEconomic Discipline Council. A total of nine sessions, including a businesssession and a special session for Ph.D. candidates from various universities inthe United States, were held during the two-day seminar which concludedwith a farewell dinner on the final day. Among the highlights were sessions onMethodology of Islamic Economics, Islamization of Knowledge, ModelingMacroeconomics, Micmconomics, and Financial Accounting and ComparativeEconomics. Eighteen speakers delivered their research papers.First session on Methodology of Islamic Economics was chaired by Dr.Abbas Mirakhor of the International Monetary Fund. Dr. Anwar, also of theInternational Institute of Islamic Thought, Dr. Salim Rashid of the Universityof Illinois, and the famous Islamic economist Dr. Mahmud Abu Sauddelivered their papers on “Methodology of Islamic Economics,” IslamicEconomics: An Historic-Inductive Approach,” and “Research Methodologyfor Islamic Economics”, respectively during the session.Lectures on Islamization of Knowledge were delivered by Dr. Al-‘Alwani,Dr. ’AbuSulayman, and Dr. Jamal Baninji in the second session.The third session on Modeling Macroeconomics was chaired by Dr.Mohsin Khan of the International Monetary Fund. In this session, Dr. Syed ...