BOOK REVIEW: IDEAL ISLAMIC ECONOMY: AN INTRODUCTION

Consensus is lacking among the Islamic Economics scholars indeveloping an ideal Islamic Economy till today. In fact, some scholars express their disappointment withthe current state of Islamic Economics discussion becauseit fails to providea feasible alternative to Capitalist Economics. Moreover, a lot of attention has been given to thediscussion onIslamic Finance rather than Islamic Economics resultingin misconception among the people with regard to these two subjects (Zaman, 2012). This bookwas written by the authors asan attemptto provide an introduction toan economic system derived from the Qurʾānas the source of Metaframework and its implementation by the Prophet Muhammad (ṣal-Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam)in Medina as the Archetype model.