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Political Islam, “Islamism”, should mean a thorough analysis of policy to develop an approach to issues which will meet at least three requirements: 1.) Policy must adhere to the explicit commands and prohibitions of the Shari’ah 2.) Policy must adhere to fundamental Islamic principles wherever there is no explicit ruling in the Shari’ah. 3.) In…

The basic problem with private enterprise is not really the profit –driven nature of business, I think. Yes, the single-mindedness of the profit motive is behind the overwhelming influence of the marketing and advertizing industries to promote mindless consumerism and materialism. These industries rely upon instilling within the public a sense of innate inadequacy, dissatisfaction,…