There are only really 3 ways of life that our current generation knows and are so prevalent and predominant to be worthy of study as the various tensions or chaotic areas of the earth draw into an order be it unipolar or multipolar.
These 3 are: Islam, communism and capitalism. The one is divine in origin and the other 2 are European manmade concepts. These 3 have generational transcendence and represent a distinct, unique, way of life.
The criticisms of Islam are very superficial and emotional driven while the communists and capitalists have sufficiently criticized each others weak points that we hardly have to analyze the worldly aspects past that. Spiritually, Islam is a system respecting the role of man and Allah while communism and capitalism are extreme forms of materialism.
So can Islam have elements of communism or capitalism with in it? Certainly we could apply some concepts of central planning verse the free-market and communal life verse individualistic life within an Islamic system. The ruler of an Islamic system who should be just, fair, wise and sensible and most importantly righteous would decide the appropriate level of these things based on the character of the people over which he governs. There is a circle here of tolerable ruling strategy and its really the sound judgment of a ruler in regards to his time, place and people that would decide where to go with this.
The family by nature is a communal life and so can be a tight knit community while countries, states, cities or various territories tend to be more individualistic and separatist.
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