Islam Innocent of the Patent: Democracy or Empowerment?

Perhaps what the researcher is confused about is the issue of patent: is it a right that belongs to a creator, as is the case with most contemporary systems because it galvanizes researchers and innovators to be more creative and serve humanity, or is it a right belonging to the one who obtained something and was pushed by the Sharia to decipher it, for instance, as this book argues? It is part of the chapter on Knowledge in the book Qass al-Haqq (the chapter has not yet been written).

The book will try to convince researchers that it is better for humanity to adopt what the Sharia has laid out. For knowledge to be common, not monopolized, and in specific circumstances for it to be brought about by the Sharia if applied. We will explore the relationship between the current pollution and monopoly of knowledge.