This study examines the relationship between Islam and development. While examining the theoretical underpinnings behind the goals of development within secular and Islamic worldviews it highlights the misconceptions developed by Western scholars pertaining to compatibility between Islam and...

Purpose – The issue of democracy and development interrelationship is very complex and debatable. There does not seem to exist any automatic relationship between them and the purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationships of democracy with civil society and development based on Islamic...

Purpose – This paper aims at examining the past as well as the current issues responsible for the most recent Arab-uprising. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical evidence based on regression and correlation together with tabular presentations suggests that the issue of Arab-uprising...