In an Islamic society, it is ethics that dominates and determines all
behavior, including economic behavior. The Holy Koran emerges as the
main source of all economic behavior and practices which are subject
to the commands of Allah as stated in the Koran. Since Islam is a
universal religion, the Islamic economic paradigm with its
«scientific» Islamic economic theories has to be comprehensive as
well as perfect in the sense of fairness, ethical values and
fruitfulness. A universal Islamic economic system ought to have
universally applicable economic laws acceptable by both, the Muslim
and the non-Muslim world – meaning that when the word Islamic is
taken out of the equation; it should appeal to all societies and
countries equally, regardless of their religious persuasion. The
question now is; do Islamic economics offer such «scientific»
economic theories? Surprisingly, there were no such theories at all.
In fact, there was not even a theory of interest, the most frequently
referred to subject in Islamic economics. This appeared to be a
serious omission. The Holy sources may be more than sufficient for
Muslims, but what about non-Muslims? Isn’t it justified to expect
Islamic «scientific» economic models and theories that are
applicable to or able to guide non-Muslims?
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In the Pursuit of a New Paradigm
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783653047660
Publisert
2022
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Peter Lang
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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