Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform

Publisher:  The Islamic Foundation/Kube Publishing
Author:  M. Umer Chapra
Dimensions:  5.2 x 8.5
Pages:  248

What were the reasons for the decline in Muslim civilisation and can that change be reversed?
"[This is] a subject of such relevance and importance that one wonders why nobody else dealt with it in book form before."—Dr. Wilfried Hofmann
Muslim civilization has experienced a decline during the last five centuries after previously having undergone a long period of prosperity and comprehensive development. This raises a number of questions such as what factors enable Muslims to become successful during the earlier centuries of Islam and what led them to their present weak position. Is Islam responsible for this decline or are there some other factors which come into play? M. Umer Chapra provides an authoritative diagnosis and prescription to reverse this decline.
About the Author
M. Umer Chapra is a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, and author of The Future of Economics and Islam and the Economic Challenge.