IJRSS Volume 3, Issue 1 ISSN: 2249-2496 _________________________________________________________ A Quarterly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gage, India as well as in Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences http://www.ijmra.us 153 February 2013 Intellectual Property Rights in Islam: A Perspective Javaid Iqbal Khan  Naveed Ahmad Lone  Fayaz A sheikh  Abstract: In this paper we seek to assesses the stance of Islamic perspective with respect to Intellectual Property Rights. The significance of tackling this issue at this particular time is that there have been increasing calls in Western societies for the implementation of Sharia in their own western Territories. The paper aims to situate the argument within the course of criminal protection of shari’a protection of intellectual property Rights, so as to prove that intellectual Property Rights, are one aspect of Shari’a which do not conflict with the western princi ples of protection. The paper assesses the extent to which the Islamic law and its sophisticated tools have an impact on the protection of Intellectual Property. First it Presents the sharia’s main sources, The Quran, Sunnah, Ijma and Qiyas. Then it presents the Islamic laws Supporting, protecting and enforcing the Intellectual property Rights. The arguments presented in this paper reveal that a Sharia based system is flexible and adoptable and that is this flexibility is to be used in order to face eonomic reality. Key Words: Islam, Intellectual property Rights, Sharia, Quran, Sunnah ,Ijma, Qiyas  Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir,  Scholar Department of Economics BBAU Lucknow UP  Scholar in Science Policy, Jnu Delhi