Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Orientalism and Ersatz Islam; Weber, New-Orientalism and Ersatz Islam; Secularism and the New-Orientalism; Ersatz Islam, "Islamic Law," Shari'ah, and Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh); Ersatz Islam and the Marxist Paradigm54; For Whom the Orientalist Bell Tolls?; References; 2 Capitalism and the Islamic Economic System; Does Capitalism Define an Islamic Economy?; Defining Capitalism; Exchange, Principle and Mentality of Capitalism; Islam and Capitalism-the Connection; Varieties of Capitalism.

Religious Basis of Adam Smith's Vision of the EconomyIslamic Economic System and Capitalism; Does Capitalism Define an Islamic Economy?; References; 3 Overview of an Ideal Islamic System; The Qur'an; The Concept of Barakah; The Objectives and Role of the Prophets and Messengers; The New Institutional Economics and Institutional Scaffolding; Institutional Scaffolding of Ideal Islamic Economy; Role of Rules; Rules of the Metaframework; Overview of Sunan of Allah and Their Characteristics; Overview of Rules Governing Humans' Relation with Allah (swt), with Their Own Self and with One Another.

7 Contemporary Muslim Economies and Rule ComplianceReferences; 8 Towards Achieving the Ideal Islamic Economy; References; 9 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.