Goolam Vahed
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Goolam Vahed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Goolam |
| FAMILY NAME | Vahed |
| SIGNATURE | VAHED G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Indentured Muslims in the Diaspora
The Development Impact of Mosque Location on Land Use in Australia
The rapid growth of Australia's Muslim population over the past three decades has presented a challenge to local governments to find ways of accommodating their needs, particularly providing spaces to build mosques. Yet in many parts of Australia, mosque applications have been opposed by local communities and consequently such applications are usually declined by local councils. Many Muslims believe that Islamophobhia and racism are behind such r…
The Viability of Islamic Banking and Finance in a Capitalist Economy
Muslims in post-apartheid South Africa have been seeking to introduce stricter Islamic codes in the public and private domains to redefine the kind of Muslims they want to be. An important aspect of this process is the attempt to reconcile living in a "non-Islamic" country with Islamic principles relating to finance, banking, and investment. Muslims are prohibited from engaging in interest (riba)-related economic activities. Muslim minorities wor…
Contesting ‘Orthodoxy
Muslims constitute less than 3% of South Africa’s population. In a context where divisions of race, ethnicity and class predominated, schisms among South Africa’s Muslims have been largely overlooked in the country’s historiography. Notwithstanding the tendency of outsiders to view Muslims as a cultural and timeless whole, Islam has never functioned as an organic unity in South Africa. The most obvious distinction is between Indian and Malay Musl…
Contesting ‘Orthodoxy
Muslims constitute less than 3% of South Africa’s population. In a context where divisions of race, ethnicity and class predominated, schisms among South Africa’s Muslims have been largely overlooked in the country’s historiography. Notwithstanding the tendency of outsiders to view Muslims as a cultural and timeless whole, Islam has never functioned as an organic unity in South Africa. The most obvious distinction is between Indian and Malay Musl…
The Development Impact of Mosque Location on Land Use in Australia
The rapid growth of Australia's Muslim population over the past three decades has presented a challenge to local governments to find ways of accommodating their needs, particularly providing spaces to build mosques. Yet in many parts of Australia, mosque applications have been opposed by local communities and consequently such applications are usually declined by local councils. Many Muslims believe that Islamophobhia and racism are behind such r…
The Viability of Islamic Banking and Finance in a Capitalist Economy
Muslims in post-apartheid South Africa have been seeking to introduce stricter Islamic codes in the public and private domains to redefine the kind of Muslims they want to be. An important aspect of this process is the attempt to reconcile living in a "non-Islamic" country with Islamic principles relating to finance, banking, and investment. Muslims are prohibited from engaging in interest (riba)-related economic activities. Muslim minorities wor…
Contesting ‘Orthodoxy
Muslims constitute less than 3% of South Africa’s population. In a context where divisions of race, ethnicity and class predominated, schisms among South Africa’s Muslims have been largely overlooked in the country’s historiography. Notwithstanding the tendency of outsiders to view Muslims as a cultural and timeless whole, Islam has never functioned as an organic unity in South Africa. The most obvious distinction is between Indian and Malay Musl…
The Viability of Islamic Banking and Finance in a Capitalist Economy
Muslims in post-apartheid South Africa have been seeking to introduce stricter Islamic codes in the public and private domains to redefine the kind of Muslims they want to be. An important aspect of this process is the attempt to reconcile living in a "non-Islamic" country with Islamic principles relating to finance, banking, and investment. Muslims are prohibited from engaging in interest (riba)-related economic activities. Muslim minorities wor…
The Development Impact of Mosque Location on Land Use in Australia
The rapid growth of Australia's Muslim population over the past three decades has presented a challenge to local governments to find ways of accommodating their needs, particularly providing spaces to build mosques. Yet in many parts of Australia, mosque applications have been opposed by local communities and consequently such applications are usually declined by local councils. Many Muslims believe that Islamophobhia and racism are behind such r…
Indentured Muslims in the Diaspora
Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (2 works)