Islam, economics, and society

The author discusses the Islamic economic system in a work divided into four parts. The first section addresses the matters at the core of Islamic economics. The second portion presents a model of life in conformity with Islamic ethics. The third section is concerned with relaying the goals of an Islamic economy and how these goals are worked toward. The final section discusses the achievement of a new sort of society. The chapters, as indicated by their titles, deal respectively with:1. (The) nature and significance of Islamic economics; 2. The ethical foundations (of the system); 3. The framing of axioms of Islamic ethics; 4. The rules of economic behavior in an Islamic society; 5. A perspective on inter-systemic comparisons; 6. Setting the policy objectives; 7. A taxonomy of policy instruments; 8. The problem of abolishing interest I; 9. The problem of abolishing interest II; 10. (Moving) towards a solution of the problem of interest; 11. (Evolving) from the ideal to the 'reality;'