Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index.
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Financial worship -- Waqf and Islamic finance : two resources for charity -- Red Crescent politics -- Helping the 'brothers' : the medic, the militant and the fighter -- NGOs in the contemporary Muslim world -- Western versus Islamic aid? International Muslim charities and humanitarian aid in Sudan -- The Balkan case : transnational Islamic networks in Bosnia- Herzegovina.
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"In this new updated edition of their groundbreaking work, Jonathan Benthall and Jerome Bellion-Jourdan provide a radical new perspective on the whole issue of aid and Islamic finance. This thoughtful and meticulously researched book is the one indispensable guide to the issues surrounding this complicated and misunderstood phenomenon."--Jacket.