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The question whether the idea of Islamic economics is meaningful, well-defined or practical has been occupying the minds of many people for some time. There are those among Muslims who wonder whether such a discipline is at all applicable in today’s complex world of economics and international relations. There are others who have just started to grapple with the problems of its definition and structure.1
This Introduction is abstracted from the author’s paper that appeared in the Contemporary Review, vol. 239, no. 1387 (Aug. 1981).
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Choudhury, M.A. (1986). Introduction: Towards a Definition of Islamic Economic Theory. In: Contributions to Islamic Economic Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07728-1_1
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