Author: Shahid Bolsen

The Islamic view of the relationship between men and wealth is that they are conduits of capital, not collectors of it. The emphasis is on redistribution not on accumulation. If we make a metaphor and say that wealth is water, than in capitalism a wealthy man is a dam, and in Islam he is a…

The Neoliberal Beast in the Road In the hadith about the boy, the king, and the monk it is worth noticing that there is a scenario quite similar to the conditions created by neoliberal policies. The boy determines that the way of the monk is beloved to Allah during the incident with the beast in…