Foreword / Celia de Anca and Ignacio de la Torre -- Editors' notes and acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Glossary of common Arabic terms in Islamic economics and finance -- Beyond the crisis : Islamic finance in the new financial order -- Opening round table -- Introduction to Islamic economics...

The elimination of interest from financial transactions has been a salient goal of Islamization movements around the world. Its proponents have had to balance this objective, which they claim to draw from Islamic law (sharia), against consumer demand for convenient products. In general they have...