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Author Visser, Hans, author

Title Islamic finance : principles and practice / Hans Visser
Edition Second edition
Published Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures, tables and boxes; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Why Islamic finance?; 2. Sources of Islamic law; 3. The Islamic economy; 4. Forms of Islamic finance; 5. Islamic banks; 6. Special sectors; 7. Public finance and the monetary authorities; 8. Islamic finance: a tentative verdict; Appendices; References; Glossary; Index
Summary This thoroughly updated and revised second edition analyses the ideas behind Islamic finance, the forms Islamic finance has taken in practice and the tension between the two that may occasionally arise. Along with an expanded section on the history of the ban on interest, this second edition contains a much more extensive discussion of investment and savings accounts, sukuk and tawarruq. Hans Visser aims to answer key topics on Islamic finance, ranging from the principles behind the phenomenon to the interaction of the market place with religious restrictions. How can governments finance their
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Banks and banking -- Islamic countries.
Finance -- Islamic countries
Banks and banking -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Finance -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Preaching.
Banks and banking
Banks and banking -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Finance
Finance -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Islamic countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781781001745
178100174X