That could be about to change. The government has released a report that details how Australia's well-regulated economic system could cater to the Islamic market.
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Japan was late in developing its economicsystem compared with other Asian and Islamic countries.
Mawdudi spent his whole life trying to turn Pakistan into an Islamic republic ruled under shariah and he was horrified over the encroachment of Western values and culture into the Islamic world, so he called for a separate and distinct economic and financial system for Muslims to insulate them from the influences of Western wealth.