Assignments

A list of assignments is given below. For grades on these assignments, see GRADES

Assignment 1: How Islam Influence/Benefit the World (20th Sep,2012)

Class Quiz 1: (17th sep 2012)

(a) Have u listen vle lecture 1?

(b)If yes, what u learn from it?

(c)Before listing this lecture,what is your views about Economics?

(d) Define Islamic economics?

Class Quiz 2: (24th, sep 2012)

(a)Define Islamic economics?

(b) what you learn from vle lec 2?

Assignment 2: ( 1st, Oct 2012)

Statement 1:

It has been widely believed that today Muslims are backward in every step of life as compare to West. As West is the most advanced and developed of all societies in every aspect of life (like Science, technology, governance, politics,morality etc). while on the other hand Muslims are backward in all fields. So, Muslims should follow western teachings to become developed and civilized nations, this is the only way to success.

Statement 2:

The reason of Muslims failure in every field of life is that they have left the true teachings of Islam and are just blindly following the west. our success depends on the message of Islam, and it has the same power to revolutionize the world as it did fourteen centuries ago.

Write three Arguments in favor of each statement and three arguments against of each statement. so you have to write total 12 arguments.

Note that an argument for Islam need not be an argument against the west.

For example, one can say that Islam favors democracy, which is necessary today. This means that following Islam will help us develop -- at the same time, following the west will help us develop, because they also favor democracy.

Similarly, an argument against the West is not necessarily an argument in favor of Islam. For example, the West favors private property, which is a capitalist idea leading to concentration of wealth. If we abolish private property we will be better off -- this argument is against West, and ALSO against Islam, but in favor of COMMUNISM.

Assignment 3: (4th Oct, 2012)

Summarize one article on Islamic Economics

DETAIL: Read one article on ANY TOPIC related to Islamic Economics. THEN SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM IT. This does not have to be a summary of the article. In PARTICULAR, AVOID COPYING the abstract, which already contains a summary.

Assignment 4: (22nd Oct, 2012)

Take any one point on which Islamic View and Western View are opposite.

Write one paragraph on Western View. Describe what it is. Explain it. Give examples of how it operates in real life. --- EVALUATION is not needed. JUST description is required.

Write second paragraph on Islamic View. Describe what it is (and how it is opposite of or different from Western view). Give examples of how it operates in real life. Usually, current examples will not be available since Islamic methods are not in practice, so examples can be given from Islamic history.