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So far as one can see the main differences between the Russian (not Communist) and the Islamic forms of economy should be that the right to own property and to earn profit in legitimate ways will be recognised in the latter and when the state is developed there will be less restrictions on liberty, In the initial stages the re strictions will have to be severe, not because they are inherent in the system but because an economically backward country cannot increase its income and develop its resources without imposing on itself all the hardships of a controlled economy.
studying this book, we find that the learned author has not failed to realise that throughout the medieval period Islam had irresistibly grown to be a ' power bloc ' (p.
We shall like to call this a spiteful and provocative observation, which has been included in the book perhaps to pander the ruffled vanity of According to the author Manat means Fate, al-Lat is the Goddess probably originally a Sun-Goddess and al-'Uzza is the Venus or Morning Star.
After giving an idea of these deities,· the author induces his readers to hold the opinion that Prophet Muhammed (peace be on him) swerved from his uncompromising monotheism by acknowledging the divine rank and power of these goddesses, though he repented later on of his weakness (p.
We do not feel inclined to expect that the author has in him a sense of the same love for Islam, the same respect for Prophet Mu hammad (peace be on him) and the same admira• tion for Muslim history and culture as a Muslim has.