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Amyaz Moledina

Globalization of Islamic Finance: Myth or Reality? - 0 views

  • The paper addresses various aspects of the globalization of Islamic finance, among others, the issue of the rise of Islamic banking in the West, Islamic jurisprudence and finance, global standards and integration of Islamic finance, and obstacles facing Islamic finance’s integration and growth into the global financial system. One central question asked in this paper is whether the globalization of Islamic finance as a system is even possible
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    Even though Islamic finance is growing fast and the absolute value of this sector is close to $1.2 trillion, that is still only about 2% of world GDP. Can Islamic Finance become a global universal alternative to conventional finance?
Amyaz Moledina

EBSCOhost: The Cultural Political Economy of Islamic Finance - 0 views

  • aims to improve our understanding of the social mechanisms that link financial legitimacy and institutional change. As Max Weber and Karl Polanyi have argued, economic activity is rooted in social relations and collective understandings.
  • a.j.broome@bham.ac.uk
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    The Cultural Political Economy of Islamic Finance.
theqw90

Zaher and Hassan_A comparative Literature Survey of Islamic Finance and Banking.pdf (ap... - 2 views

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    A literary survey that provides a good, basic (relatively brief) overview of Islamic Banking and its principles.
Amyaz Moledina

Islamic finance: Banking on the ummah | The Economist - 1 views

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    Malaysia has largest market share of Islamic Sukuks. Why? Institutions and market relationships.
lucas van cleef

An Introduction to Islamic Finance - Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Muḥammad Taq... - 0 views

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      Musharakah: Financier can suffer from loss and benefit from profitability after giving a loan
lucas van cleef

http://www.iefpedia.com/english/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Islam-and-the-Economic-Chall... - 0 views

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      Chapter 7 "Invigorating The Human Factor" and Chapter 10 "Financial Restructuring" break down the incentive to take part in a Musharakah based loan from both the borrower and loaners perspectives. Chapter 10 explains why a society as a whole has incentive to adopt Musharakah based loan contracts due to the social capital that they generate.
lucas van cleef

EBSCOhost: The Economic Crisis, Capitalism and Islam: The Making of a New Economic Ord... - 1 views

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      Most thorough article on subject. Page 109-111 in particular breakdown the various types of loans that can be given based on a Musharakah loan system. The variety of different type of loans available vastly increases the incentive for different types of borrowers to take part in Islamic finance.
Amyaz Moledina

Focus: Islamic finance | The Economist - 1 views

  • THE global market for Islamic finance at the end of last year was worth around $1.3 trillion,
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    Size is 1.3 Trillion in 2012!
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