Vice President Pushes for Sharia Economics

VP has encouraged all stakeholders to promote and implement sharia economics through programs that are practical and easy to understand.

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Vice President Jusuf Kalla (right), Bank Indonesia Governor Agus DW Martowardojo (second right) and East Java Governor Soekarwo (third right) visit a booth at the 2017 Indonesian Sharia Economy Festival on Thursday in Surabaya, East Java. The sharia finance and economic sectors will be accelerated through expanding the sharia financial market and education and research on economic empowerment.

SURABAYA, KOMPAS — Vice President Jusuf Kalla has encouraged all stakeholders to promote and implement sharia economics through programs that are practical and easy to understand. With this strategy, economic activities based on sharia or Islamic principles can be easily implemented.

"Sharia economics is not so difficult because economics is part of muamalah [commercial and other civil activities]. Muamalah, as taught by ulema, is lawful as long as it is not haram," Vice President Jusuf Kalla said in a speech when opening the Indonesian Sharia Economics Festival 2017 in Surabaya on Thursday, which was attended by about 1,000 people.