08.04.2013 - After Arab Spring, Islamists test religion in economics
With the rise of political Islam across North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, Islamic finance is being touted as the solution to decades of unemployment and economic inequality. “We’ve tried socialism, we’ve tried capitalism, now we’re trying Islam,” cried supporters of Mohamed Morsi, when he was elected as Egypt’s first Islamist president last June. In Libya and Tunisia, new political movements have pledged to use Islamic principles to right their wayward economies. But some critics, including advocates for the greater use of Islamic finance, believe that a sudden and rigid adherence to Islamic law, known as Shari’a, could dramatically slow down economic recoveries across the region at a time when governments are already struggling to establish stability...............................................Full Article: Source
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