Political economy of an Islamic system

In order to work towards delineating the political economy of an Islamic economy, Lindblom's 1978 methodological system is an effective one. He looks at the blend of the political and the economic that influence the operations of a society. Through his setup, the tools for examining Islamic political economy can be gained. There is disagreement between ''secularists'' and ''Islamists'' in the Muslim world--the first group sees religion as a personal, individual issue while the second group sees maintaining religion as a key function of the state. Once it is assumed that an Islamic state ought to exist, there is disagreement between ''orthodox'' and ''modernist'' Muslims. While the ''orthodox'' view is that the Ijtihad privileges of the legislature should be limited by a higher body, the ''modernists'' feel that the legislature should be free to do its own independent reasoning. Social justice is the primary goal of the Islamic system, and this view is strongly agreed upon. Ther