Book Review : Fundamentals of Islamic Economics and Finance

Islamic economics and finance is a nascent discipline. Since 1976 when the First Conference on Islamic Economics was held under the auspices of King Abdelaziz University at Makkah, it is merely four decades that serious efforts to transform Islamic economic teachings into a social science started. Since then a lot of progress has been made as is evident from the literature produced, conferences, workshops and seminars held, journals issued, and teaching of Islamic economics in various educational institutions around the globe. However, teachers and scholars always felt lack of standard teaching material, particularly, a text book, of Islamic economics which they could use for coaching purposes. The present book is a welcome effort. The authors have done a yeoman’s job in producing this high-quality work