Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
The POMED Wire


CSIS: Qur’anic Guidance to Good Governance

June 10th, 2008 by Sarah

The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Hills Program on Governance, in collaboration with the Caux Round Table and the Islamic University of Malaysia, invited Dean of the Islamic University of Malaysia, Ibrahim Hazizan Bin Md. Noon, and Professors Ibrahim Zein, Abdullah al-Ahsan, and Muhammad Arif Zakaullah to present an analysis of the Qur’an and its implications on good governance in both the public and private sectors in Muslim societies.  Ibrahim Zein is Dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization.  Abdullah al-Ahsan is Professor within the Department of History and Civilization. Muhammad Arif Zakaullah is Professor in the Department of Economics and Management Sciences.  

Additional comments were made by Stephen Young, Global Executive Director of the Caux Round Table and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C.  Concluding remarks were made by Roderick M. Hills, Founder and Chairman of the Hills Program on Governance at CSIS.

For POMED’s full notes, click here.


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