Islamic Economics and the Question of Development

The Ibn Khaldun Center for Humanities and Social Sciences at Qatar University in collaboration with Peking University,

Islamic Economics and the Question of Development: Critical and Innovative Analyses

This conference aims to attract scholarly and practical ideas related to the development of Islamic economics in its various fields, including finance, investment, Takaful insurance, financial markets as well as its different structures such as portfolios, investment funds, endowments, and topics in Zakat. In light of this industry’s growth and the wide range of opportunities in the modern era, the question arises as to how best implement a continuous process of renewal and development in the various institutions of Islamic economics. The general complaint at this stage is the rigidity of legislation pertaining to the activities of these institutions, and that the tools of Islamic economics are overly formal, causing them to be less practical. Hence, this conference is not meant for descriptive and analytical studies, but rather, for studies that have critical and innovative visions based on practical elements that are aimed at developing the industry, institutions as well as the wide range of fields in Islamic economics. The conference seeks to attract the critical and innovative ideas to develop the Islamic economics in various fields according to the following topics:

• Contemporary Islamic Financial Markets: This topic deals with the critical studies directed to the problems facing the theoretical and practical components of the various products in the financial markets.
• Contemporary Applications of Islamic Endowments and Zakat: This topic deals with the issues related to the contemporary application of Islamic endowments and Zakat with regards to matters of governance and institutional distribution, and in terms of the jurisprudential views related to these concepts.
• Islamic Banking and Insurance: This topic addresses the problems, obstacles, prospects and risks associated with Islamic banking, whether at the level of governance, financial instruments, banking services, Takaful insurance, or reinsurance structures.