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Takaful and Islamic cooperative finance : challenges and opportunities

Ali, Syed Nazim (contributor); Nisar, Shariq (contributor) - 2016

Introduction -- Part I: introduction to takaful: form, function and criticism -- 1. Takaful journey: the past and present and future / Ajmal Bhatty and Shariq Nisar -- 2. Solidarity, cooperation, and mutuality in takāful / Volker Nienhaus -- 3. Mutuality, reciprocity, and justice within the...

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Islamic banking and finance : new perspectives on profit-sharing and risk

Llewellyn, David T. (contributor); … - 2002

Islamic Banking and Finance discusses Islamic financial theory and practice, and focuses on the opportunities offered by Islamic finance as an alternative method of financial intermediation. Key features of profit-sharing (as opposed to debt-based) contracts are highlighted, and the ways in...

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Handbook of Islamic banking

Hassan, M. Kabir (contributor); Lewis, Mervyn K. (contributor) - 2007

The handbook of Islamic banking comprises 25 studies by leading international experts on Islamic banking and finance specially commissioned to analyse the various debates and the current state of play in the field. This comprehensive handbook provides a succinct analysis of the workings of...

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Central banking and monetary policy in Muslim-majority countries

Hossain, Akhand Akhtar - 2015

The introduction of Islamic banking and finance across the globe strengthens the argument for low and stable inflation and rule-based monetary policy for sustained economic growth. Although Islamic banking and finance may have created some complexities in financial transactions it remains...

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Islamic banking

Lewis, Mervyn; Algaoud, Latifa M. - 2001

The prohibition of interest is the feature of Islamic banking which most distinctly sets it apart from conventional banking. To Western eyes, this seems a strange restriction, but Christian countries themselves maintained such a ban for 1,400 years. Islamic Banking asks why Islam has been able...

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Islamic accounting

Napier, Christopher - 2011

This timely new collection presents the most significant English language contributions to the literature on Islamic accounting. Including more than thirty articles by some of the most important authors in the area, the book covers six major themes: the conceptual framework, accounting ethics...

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Islamic economics and human well-being : justice, moderation and sharing

Khan, Muhammad Akram - 2024

"The study of Islamic economics provides an interesting complement to conventional economics as they both study economic behaviour to enhance human well-being. Muhammad Akram Khan articulates an expert view on how to use distinct approaches to achieve this in the context of Islamic economics. In...

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Islamic finance in Eurasia : the need for strategic change

Hassan, M. Kabir (ed.); Biancone, Paolo (ed.); … - 2024 - First edition

"Providing a comprehensive account of the progress, potential and challenges facing Islamic finance in Eurasia, this prescient book explores Islamic finance's history and development across the Asian and European continents and argues that in order for this market to continue to prosper,...

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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism

Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor); … - 2007

(National Interstate Economic Model) / Jiyoung Park ... [et al.] -- Tourism and terrorism : the national and interregional …

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The economics of tourism and sustainable development

Lanza, Alessandro (contributor); Markandya, Anil (contributor) - 2005

1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand … and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4 …. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop an accounting framework for ecologically sustainable tourism -- 6 …

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