Life, nearly one in four people in the world are Muslim. In light of these numbers, Handbook on Islam and Economic Life is … one of the first books to consider Islam within a broader economic sphere by focusing on the ways in which Islam shapes … and interacts with the economy. With contributions from leading scholars, this unique Handbook explores how Islam impinges …

of portfolio investments, and how the principles of Islam as defined by sharia fit into these processes. It also explores …