Property Rights in Contemporary Islamic Economic Thought: A Critical Perspective

Abstract

In the past four decades, a growing segment of the political movements in the Muslim countries of the Third World has turned to ideology as its guiding principle. [Sivan 1985, Enayat 1982, Rodinson 19781] The popular movements strive to establish an Islamic economic sys? tem. The characteristics of this ideal economic system are elaborated by Islamic economists in the vast and diverse literature known as Islamic