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Charity in Islamic Societies
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November 24 2008, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Speakers: Amy Singer, Author and Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern & African History, and Chair, Women Studies Forum, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Since Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim charity has received some negative press, with analysts and observers frequently emphasizing the links between charity and extremist Islamic groups. Few have seriously considered why the discourse and practice of charity are so prominent in Muslim communities, historically and today.
In order to understand charity one must also understand how entitlement and obligation evolved in societies, creating the networks of responsibility and dependence. It is important to understand charity in the Islamic context to appreciate the past, the contemporary political and economic discourse, and culture.
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