Islam is Ad Deen, the way of life. It is not confined within the context of “religion” as how other religions are normally defined. Islam encompasses the whole aspects of a human life, individually or in groups, at all levels. Nothing escapes the domain of Islam. It covers the system of belief, as well as the system of practice. It defines where we were coming from, why we are here, and where we are heading for. It outlines our duties and purposes here, in this world as well as the final objectives. In Islam, to be successful in the life hereafter is by fulfilling our tasks in this world. Thus, one cannot negate the mortal living, for the bliss of the heaven, neither can one neglects the hereafter for the temporary pleasures of this world.

Islamic Systems are defined as any system that conforms to the rules and tenets of Islamic teachings. Islamic Systems can appear in any forms, and can be proposed, designed, developed, established and used by anybody, so long as in the end, they lead towards benefitting human beings (and other creatures) and the means are not in contradiction to Islamic teachings. 

Islam has a lot to offer as solutions to today’s world problems. Be it in education, politics, social, economy, finance, judiciary, science and technology or etc. Slowly, but steadily some of the systems have emerged not only as alternatives but as solutions to the current problems inadequately catered for by the other systems. Islamic banking and financing, for one, is regarded as the fastest growing market today. Its instruments reflect justice, and its customer base has expanded much beyond the Muslim communities.

It is therefore imperative that the Islamic principles are being seriously considered as the qualifying criteria in developing any systems for the betterment of todays and future conditions of living. This involves eradicating the misunderstandings, constructing the confidence level, establishing the mechanisms, setting the policies besides developing and packaging the solutions. Today everything has to be properly structured in order to make it implementable. It must also be based on clear evidences rather than simplistic “belief” in order to make them successful in the competitive global environments, as the audience is no longer limited to the Muslims.

The inaugural World Congress on Islamic Systems 2011 (World-Islam 2011) is held in view of the importance of establishing platforms, at the global level for workers in any fields related to the development and implementation of any Islamic Systems. This includes the whole value chains, from the development of knowledge and theories to their conversion to practical systems to the standardization of their deployments. The congress is made up of several concurrent conferences as elaborated below.

World-ISLAM2011 endeavors to: 

 i. Bring together a large number of scholars, experts, researchers and practitioners from around the world and give them the opportunity to interact and network with each other.

ii.  Discuss, analyze and share the experiences in the development and implementation of various Islamic Systems in different scenarios

iii.  Exchange ideas and views to improve and enhance the quality of Islamic Systems

iv. Explore new solutions derived from Al Quran and Hadiths.