Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Reflecting on Islamic Banking and Financial Crisis: Risks, Reputation and Stability -- 2 Reshaping the Islamic Finance Industry: Applying the Lessons Learned from the Global Financial Crisis -- 3 Assessing the Resilience of...

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748618378);Can the contemporary Islamic finance movement be shown to meet the requirements of modern commerce? In the wake of the terrorist attacks on America the UN Security Council passed a resolution targeting transnational sources of terrorist funds....

"This new edition examines how development in the Middle East is being influenced by global economic change. This comparative textbook focuses on the region's strengths, and highlights development success, especially in the Gulf, Turkey and Israel. The major structural changes in the economies...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of tables and figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Common law, civil law and Shari'ah -- 3. Terms and conditions governing Islamic bank deposits -- 4. Contracts for Islamic financing -- 5. Laws providing for comprehensive Islamic banking systems -- 6. Laws providing...

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of different sukuk structures from a financial perspective. This examination includes murabahah and ijara-based sukuk, the former offering a fixed return, and the latter, the most popular form of sukuk, a variable return. The...

This article provides an introduction to key concepts and methods involved in an Islamic approach to business, investment, risk taking and insurance. The prohibition of riba (interest or usury) profoundly influences the way business transactions and investments are made and financial contracts...