Rethinking Islamic Finance : Markets, Regulations and Islamic Law Hardback
by Ayesha Bhatti, Saad Azmat
Part of the Islamic Business and Finance Series series
Hardback
Description
Islamic finance’s phenomenal growth owes to the Shariah compliant nature of its financial instruments.
Shariah forbids the charging of interest (Riba) and instead promulgates risk-sharing and trade-based modes of financing.
The Islamic financial industry has been subject to both critique and admiration.
Critics argue that Islamic instruments (bearing debt-based structures) differ from their conventional counterparts only in legal lexicon and not in economic impact.
The admirers argue that such instruments, irrespective of wider economic implications, rigorously comply with ‘juristically sound’ Islamic principles. This book aims to reconcile the above dispute. It argues that the financial impact of instruments is a consequence of the way they are priced and structured.
The similarity in pricing and structures is an outcome not of the underlying Islamic financial modes but of the competitive environment in which Islamic instruments compete.
Even risk-sharing and trade-based Islamic structures, if implemented in such an environment, would have a financial impact similar to that of conventional instruments. This book has a wider appeal for both academic and non-academic audiences.
It can complement undergraduate and graduate courses as an additional reading on the intricacies of Islamic financial instruments and markets.
For PhD students, it would help identify future research areas.
To non-academics, it offers a deeper understanding regarding the working of the Islamic finance industry.
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- Pages:122 pages, 4 Tables, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and w
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/12/2018
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- ISBN:9781472477675
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:122 pages, 4 Tables, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and w
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/12/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472477675
