Contents:
Introduction I. Islamic Egalitarianism Vs Social Hierarchy II. Caste and Indian Muslims
III.The System of Caste and the Muslims of India IV.Caste-System and its Non-Relevance
with Particular reference to Indian Muslims V. Inter-Caste Integration Among Indian
Muslims VI.Conformity of Caste Traditions Against Islamic Shariah VII. Impact of
Islam on the Aboriginal Tribes in India VIII. Caste System and Economic Challenge to
Muslim Minority in India-A Case Study of Ahmedabad City IX. Economic and Social Situations
among Muslims of West Bengal : Some Empirical Observations, Valedictory Address ,
Programme, List of Participants, Index
The
Editors : The Editor of the present compilation,Dr FR Faridi has
been associated with Islamic Economics since its early exposition in the Indian sub
continent in early 50s.He has written extensively on Islamic economics in general and
fiscal economics in Islam in particular.Born in April 1930 in small town Jaunpur,(UP) ,he
took his MA in Economics with distinction from Allahabad University in 1951.After his
graduation from the University he joined a 4 year course in Arabic Quran and Hadith and
Fiqh at the Thanvi Darsgah Jamaat e Islami (Hind) at Rampur.Later he joined the Institute
of Social Sciences at Aligarh and gained extensive experience in field investigation.He
joined the Department of Economic at the Aligarh Muslim University in 1951.In 1978 he
joined the King Abdul Aziz University ,as a Professor of Economics and chaired the
Department of Socio-technical studies,college of Engineering of the University during
1980-1988.He was the chief editor of Journal of Objective Studies(JOS) New Delhi and Urdu
monthly Zindagi,the organ of Jamat -e-Islami Hind.He has been associated with various
academic and social organisations of Indian Muslim Community since his student days
Dr.Mahmood Mustafa Siddiqui:(b.1925)
is MA (Sociology) MA (Psychology) and MA (English Literature) He has retired as an
associate professor from the Department of Sociology ,Aligarh Muslim University .A number
of his articles have been published in English and Urdu on various concepts and problems
of sociology and Psychology.Presently he is Editor of Journal of Objective Studies.He is
also a repute d writer in Urdu,well known as Ibn-Farid.He has written and edited more than
a dozen books in that language on Inter Disciplinary studies and social Psychology .He had
been Editor and Co-ordinator of more than four Urdu journals and magazines.
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