{"product_id":"9780860374619","title":"Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[This is] a subject of such relevance and importance that one wonders why nobody else dealt with it in book form before.\"— \u003cb\u003eDr. Wilfried Hofmann\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuslim civilization has experienced a decline during the last five centuries after previously having undergone a long period of prosperity and comprehensive development. This raises a number of questions such as what factors enable Muslims to become successful during the earlier centuries of Islam and what led them to their present weak position. Is Islam responsible for this decline or are there some other factors which come into play? M. Umer Chapra provides an authoritative diagnosis and prescription to reverse this decline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eM. Umer Chapra\u003c\/b\u003e is a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIslam and the Economic Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kube Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031732699376,"sku":"9780860374619","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780860374619_p0.jpg?v=1763830554","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780860374619","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}