The economic ethics of Islam

  • Andrea Salvatore Antonio Barbieri Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (IRPPS) - National Research Council (Cnr)

Abstract

Islam could provide an essential tool to the world to overcome the inequality: the Islamic finance, based on the ethical principles of Quran and Sunnah. According to these principles, indeed, the Islamic bank should aim to reduce poverty by easing the access to the credit system to the most disadvantaged people. In that way the development of people and countries would not pass through the satisfaction of material needs, which today are more and more growing, but through simplicity, solidarity and ethics.

Author Biography

Andrea Salvatore Antonio Barbieri, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (IRPPS) - National Research Council (Cnr)
Research director

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Published
2017-12-15
Issue
Vol 2 No 2 (2017): Forgiveness
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