ISLAM its MEANING and MESSAGE by KHURSHID AHMADProfessor Khurshid Ahmad, Chairman of the Islamic Foundation, U.K. and theInstitute of Policy Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, holds a Masters in Economics andIslamic Studies, a first degree in Law, an honourary doctorate in Education fromthe University of Malaysia and an honourary D. Litt, from the University ofLoughborough, U.K. He has taught at the University of Karachi (1980-94) and theInternational Institute of Islamic Economics, International Islamic University,Islamabad (1983-87), and served as Federal Minister for Planning and DeputyChairman, Planning Commission, Pakistan (1978-79), as a member of the Senateof Pakistan (1985-97) and as Chairman, Senate Standing Committee on Finance andEconomy (1992-97, 2003-). Prof. Khurshid received the prestigious King FaisalAward for Service to Islam, 1990, the Islamic Development Bank Award for hiscontribution to Islamic Economics, 1989, and the Islamic Finance Awardsponsored by the Islamic Finance House, U.S.A., 1998.Other works include: Islamic Ideology (Urdu), University of Karachi, 1973;Socialism or Islam (Urdu), Karachi, 1969; Islam and the West, Lahore, 1970;Studies in the Family Law of Islam, Karachi, I960; Principles of IslamicEducation, Lahore, 1970; Economic Development in an Islamic Framework,Leicester, 1979: Elimination of Riba from the Economy, Islamabad, 1995; IslamicResurgence, Tampa, Florida, 1993, and Islamabad, 1995.ISLAM: ITS MEANING AND MESSAGE provides a window on the world of Islam.It presents Islam as Muslims believe it and covers the whole spectrum of its beliefs,value*social principles, cultural institutions and contemporary problems. A bookof readings on Islam, it contains some of the best writings by contemporaryMuslim scholars dealing with different aspects of Islamic ideology and culture. Theauthors come from all pans of the Muslim world and represent the globalmovement of Islamic resurgence.THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION aims to achieve excellence in academic research,education, publications, training and building bridges between Muslims andother*Since 1973, the Foundation has developed its national and internationalstanding through the character, variety ami scope of its activities. It has, at present,over 300 published titles and houses one of the largest private Islamic libraries inWestern Europe It publishes three academic journals: the Muslim World BookRe*tew (quarterly), Encounters The Journal for Intercultural Perspectivestbiannually*and Review of Islamic Economics (biannually). Its academic wing theMARKFIELD INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION awards MA/MPhil/Ph.Ddegree? Post-Graduate Diploma and Certificate in Islamic Studies in partnershipwith the Loughborough University.