Authors: Stephen P. Heyneman
ISBN-13: 9780826514479, ISBN-10: 0826514472
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: New Edition
Stephen P. Heyneman is a professor of international education policy at Vanderbilt University. From 1976 to 1998, he helped design and implement education policies for the World Bank. He is the editor or author of a number of reports on international education, economic and social policy.
This collection of five essays, presented by Heyneman (international education policy, Vanderbilt U.), represents an attempt to explain to Westerners how Islam sees itself in terms of social policy, i.e. the treatment of women, institutions of education, educational practices, and the promotion of social welfare. The essays point to similarities and cultural differences between the West and Islam in their discussions of the historical development of waqf (Islamic charity), five schools of Islamic family law, Islamic law and family planning, compulsory zakat (a tax intended to benefit the needy) in modern Pakistan, and health policy in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | The Islamic institution of Waqf : a historical overview | 13 |
2 | Islamic law and the position of women | 44 |
3 | Islamic law and family planning | 118 |
4 | Islamic law and Zakat : Waqf resources in Pakistan | 156 |
5 | Islam and health policy : a study of the Islamic republic of Iran | 181 |