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Banking for the poor: the role of Islamic banking in microfinance initiatives

Dusuki, Asyraf Wajdi - In: Humanomics: The International Journal of Systems and Ethics 24 (2008) February, pp. 49-66

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to review the microfinance scheme and discuss how Islamic banks can participate in such an endeavour without actually compromising the issue of institutional viability and sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on an...

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The efficiency of Islamic banking industry in Malaysia: Foreign vs domestic banks

Sufian, Fadzlan - In: Humanomics: The International Journal of Systems and Ethics 23 (2007) July, pp. 174-192

Purpose – To examine the relative efficiency between the domestic and foreign banks Islamic banking operations in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilises the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology, which allows for the decomposition of technical efficiency into its...

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Islam "Symbolic Politics" , Democratization and Indonesian Foreign Policy

Perwita, Anak Agung Banyu - Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales (CAEI)

The two quotations, above, clearly suggest an endlessly debate about the political role of Islam in Indonesia …’s politics. This article discusses the role of political Islam in Indonesian politics and the dynamics of the interaction between … the Muslim society and the State in the Indonesian political system. It provides the domestic context of the role Islam in …

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La Representación de Mahoma: lo prohibido y lo permitido

Klein, Fernando - In: Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar (2009) 9, pp. 49-62

The article deals with the chances of illustration of Mohammed: is it forbidden to depict Mohammed in the Islam? What …

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Islamic macroeconomics?

Choudhury, Masudul Alam - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) February, pp. 160-186

Purpose – The paper aims to offer a new perspective on the strictly microeconomic nature of all of Islamic economics. Writers in this field continue to work in the mainstream tradition without noticing the micro-interface of the theoretical nature of Islamic economics. This paper aims to...

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The Islamic Work Ethic and the Emergence of Turkish SME Owner-Managers

Uygur, Selçuk - In: Journal of Business Ethics 88 (2009) 1, pp. 211-225

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Religion, Culture, and Economic Performance

Noland, Marcus - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2003

data. The results with respect to Islam do not support the notion that it is inimical to growth. On the contrary, every …-country statistical analyses - is positive. If anything, Islam promotes growth. …

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A Global View of Horizontal Inequalities: Inequalities Experienced by Muslims Worldwide

Stewart, Frances - Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex - 2009

Both within and across countries, most attention has been devoted to measuring inequality among individuals (and globally countries). Within countries, increasing evidence shows that inequalities among groups (HIs) are important for wellbeing. However, the global component of HIs are generally...

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Islam and the Institutions of a Free Society: Many Problems, Little Hope

Voigt, Stefan - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

institutions. The values are ascertained via the economic ethics of Islam as lived today and the attitudes of some Muslim …

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Das Wirtschaftsdenken im Islam

Ghaussy, A. Ghanie - In: List Forum Band 30

Islamic economic ethics derives not only from the socio-poitical environment, in which Islam originated but also, and …

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