With all the talk in Europe about Islam and Muslim culture it is surprising how little hard-core empirical evidence exists on the compatibility of Muslim culture with positive patterns of political, social, and ecological development in the world system in the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond. This...

Over time, Islamic banking has proven to be based on firm and sound economic principles and has good potential to become an option banking system, especially in the face of global financial crises. Nevertheless, dedicated policy research and measures are needed to develop a sound regulatory and...