Human Security and Philanthropy

Dr. Samiul Hasan is an accomplished academic with teaching experience in universities in Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates. With interests and expertise in voluntarism, governance, urban studies, human development and Islam, he has published many pioneering research works building a list of about 130 publications. His professional expertise and passion for researching and disseminating new knowledge about Islam and Muslim communities culminated in a major comparative study (as principal researcher and editor) of people, geography, colonial heritage, economic system and political structure and their impacts on human development in all 47 Muslim majority countries in Africa and Asia (‘The Muslim World in the 21st Century: Space, Power and Human Development’, Springer, 2012).

“This provocative and easily readable book not only gives a refreshing conceptualization of the meaning of human security from the UNDP viewpoint but also demonstrates the universality of the primacy of human beings across civilizational notions of security. … the text is highly recommended to scholars in civil society studies, researchers, professionals working in the not-for-profit sector.” (Bernard Ugochukwu Nwosu, Voluntas, Vol. 28, 2017)

• Section 1: The Introduction and Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 1: Muslim Majority Countries, Philanthropy, and Human Security: Concepts, and Contexts- Samiul Hasan.- Chapter 2: Human Security in A Globalised World: Concepts and Issues for the Muslim World- Ishtiaq Hossain and Adams Isiaka Abiodun.- Chapter 3: Islam, Property, and Philanthropy: Ethical and Philosophical Foundations and Cultural Influences- Samiul Hasan.- Section 2: Philanthropy and the third sector in the MMCs: Policy, Legal Framework, and Challenges.- Chapter 4: Philanthropy, Laws, and the Third Sector Growth: Analyses from MMCs- Samiul Hasan.- Section 3: Muslim Philanthropy in MMCs: Situational Analyses.- Chapter 5: Muslim Philanthropy: Praxis and Human Security across Muslim Majority Countries- Samiul Hasan.- Section 4: Third Sector Organizations and Human Security in MMCs: Extent, and Dimensions.- Chapter 6: Modern Third Sector Organizations in MMCs: People, Property, Mutuality- Samiul Hasan.- Chapter 7: The Waqf and Human Security in Muslim Majority Countries: Traditions, Practices, and Prospects- Niaz Ahmed Khan and Sultana Jareen.- Chapter 8: Microfinance Institutions, and Human Security in Muslim Majority Countries: Achievements and Challenges - Fatima Rasheed.- Section 5: Human Security in MMCs: Situational Analyses.- Chapter 9: Water, Gender, Philanthropy, and Human Security: Courses and Concerns in MMCs  - George Odhiambo.- Chapter 10: Education and Health for Human Security in MMCs: Achievements and the Third Sector Interventions- Shahadut Hossain and Zahirul Hoque.- Chapter 11: Decent Work for Human Security in Muslim Majority Countries (MMCs) - Mohammad Zulfan Tadjoeddin.- Section 6: Conclusions and Recommendations.- Chapter 12: Philanthropy and Human Security in MMCs: Characteristics and Challenges- Samiul Hasan.