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This paper investigates the underlying psychological and practical factors that motivate Muslims to pay their mandatory religious alms to specific Charity Organizations (COs) in Pakistan. Moving away from traditional quantitative approaches, the authors employ a qualitative phenomenological design, utilizing in-depth interviews with 16 participants from diverse urban and rural b...

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The book discusses the vast contributions of Dr. Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi in disciplines like economics, finance, Islamization, Maqasid-e-Shar’iah and contemporary socio-political and economic issues. As one of the chief contributors in Islamic economics, Dr. Nejatullah Siddiqi firmly believed that Islamization, or the acquisition of knowledge, should not be pursued for the s...

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Global energy demand grew 1.3% in 2025, slower than 2024’s 2% growth, driven by solar PV (meeting >25% of demand growth) and natural gas (17%). Low-emission sources contributed 60% of growth. Fossil fuel demand rose slower: coal +0.4%, oil +0.65 mb/d, gas +1%. China’s growth slowed to 1.7%, US demand accelerated >2%. CO₂ emissions rose 0.4% to a record 38 Gt, with weather ...

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This note does not seek to examine the various juristic definitions of māl. Rather, it argues that merely describing cryptocurrencies as digital numbers or ledger entries does not seem sufficient to exclude them from the category of māl. The same description applies to modern banking, electronic money, and numerous forms of intangible financial rights. In fact, what we call fiat...

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The most common objection to crypto assets in Shar’iah discussions is not about risk. It is not about volatility either. It is more basic than that. The objection says there is no ‘thing’ here to judge in the first place. A crypto asset, based on this view, is not property that happens to be risky. It is not property at all. It does not exist. It is only an imaginary or a fictio...

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