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Usrah Buku kedua membincangkan Linchpin oleh Seth Godin. Ini adalah lanjutan kepada perbincangan lepas tentang revolusi ekonomi. Linchpin membawa idea besar tersebut pada tahap personal yang boleh diaplikasikan. Pembentang kali ini adalah Tuan Naim Jaafar.   Sekali lagi terima kasih kepada Tuan Abdullah Mujahid atas kesudian menjadi tuan rumah. InsyaAllah kami

A Toothless Government? It seems that Shariah-based economy system is vehemently allergic to big government. But does that mean Shariah-based economy is a laissez-faire economy? Are the merchants and companies free to operate without any regulation? Supreme Court Building by Jeff Kubina Well, not really. Keep in mind that Shariah-based

Building a Bridge: Big Government vs Small Government Suppose that both Almayer and Brooks are building a bridge that costs $1 million each. Almayer is governed by a big government while Brooks employs a small government to complement its adherence to Shariah-based economy system. Picture from Seattle Municipal Archives The

On Government & Politics In the current bleak outlook of the world, quite a number of Muslims romanticize the return of the Caliphate. Some went as far as resorting to militant actions to realize their dreams. If not, many yearn for an Islamist to become a president or prime minister.

Another Dimension of Zakat Apart from functioning as social safety net, zakat is also instrumental in ensuring redistribution of wealth in the society. After his massive study of inequality in modern economics, Thomas Piketty suggested as wealth tax of 2%. The current state of inequality and wealth concentration made it

Social Safety Net Zakat might be the main thing that come to mind when we discuss about social safety but there are many other instruments. He we attempt to uncover how its supposed to work together. But first, let’s define the beneficiaries. Within the framework of Credit-ism economics, there’

Historical Figures Of course it will be inappropriate for us to discuss Islam and economy without mentioning Prophet Yusuf (Joseph). He have a whole chapter describing his life from childhood to adulthood. More importantly, the Quran explicitly mentioned that he is in charge of a nation’s treasury. In other

Alhamdulillah, Usrah Buku edisi pertama berjalan dengan jayanya di The Peak Coffee pada 3 Oktober 2015. Nantikan pengumuman Usrah Buku seterusnya pada bulan November.

Mindfulness Through Worship Whatever the feedback system is, human mind tend to tune out after a while — missing the important warning signal that need to be aware of. Stare at the radar screen for hours and soon you wouldn’t be able to separate friend from foe. The same goes

Almayer and Brooks Let us imagine two city-states, Almayer and Brooks. Almayer’s economy is run on Credit-ism principles while Brooks economy are run on Shariah-based principle. Both have entrepreneurs and merchants that need to be financed. Almayer finance them using interest-bearing loans while Brooks opt for investment via Mudharabah

Of Outlook and Attitude The difference in definition leads to difference in assumption. This in turn shape the attitude of the players of the system. Credit-ism believes that everything is quantifiable and can be calculated — both profit and risk. But in Islam profit and risk is in the hand of

Sure, many people can agree that the current economic and financial system are broken. But what are the alternative? I decided to contemplate on the crossroad of great traditions and future thinking to seek out the answer. This thesis is a response to the burning issues of income inequality, economic

One of the main reason why we decided to expedite this Ummatic Innovation initiative is because the economic revolution predicted by Alvin & Heidi Toffler are starting to become real. The impact will be huge and we can’t escape from it. In fact, certain economic sectors are already

At first brush, discussing about innovation in ummatic context seems paradoxical. It doesn’t help that the current image of innovators celebrated by the world are potrayed to be iconoclastic individuals. Such image is perceived to be at odds with a way of life that puts a premium on

Selepas cuti Merdeka, saya minta mereka ulang sekali lagi One Shot Film Challenge. Kali ini lebih sukar kerana mereka tidak dibenarkan bersuara dan masa dipendekkan daripada sejam kepada 45 minit sahaja. Alhamdulillah, mereka berjaya menyiapkan walaupun sebelum itu berasap tasmi’ hafazan Quran. 😀 Makan Pandu Apabila kami review kembali, mereka

Misadventures in Applying Bestseller Business Books into Action When re-reading Seth Godin’s Unleashing the Ideavirus , I’m struck by how he keep on mentioning the Amazon Affliate program. The book was published in 2001 and 13 years later he still using it in his ventures such