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**mitiaycatq** · 09-04-2012, 03:22 AM

However, if the idea is to try to conceive how an Islamic society could function today, then the matter has to be what are the sources of revenues and expenditures of the government as defined by the Hukm Sharii. Like it or not, but the article by Abdur Raheem is based in Shariah. And like it or not, but Shariah defines natural resources as public: oil, gas, water. So we are encumbered to imagine or forecast such a society in a given reality- whether it be in North Africa, or Arabia, or Asia- and should calculate the exploitation of the natural resources by the state therein as a major source of government revenue for public expenditures, including health, military, and education.

09-04-2012, 03:22 AM	#21
mitiaycatq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 367 Senior Member	However, if the idea is to try to conceive how an Islamic society could function today, then the matter has to be what are the sources of revenues and expenditures of the government as defined by the Hukm Sharii. Like it or not, but the article by Abdur Raheem is based in Shariah. And like it or not, but Shariah defines natural resources as public: oil, gas, water. So we are encumbered to imagine or forecast such a society in a given reality- whether it be in North Africa, or Arabia, or Asia- and should calculate the exploitation of the natural resources by the state therein as a major source of government revenue for public expenditures, including health, military, and education.
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