In this extensively updated third edition, Hans Visser explores the ideas and concepts that
drive and shape Islamic finance. This incisive book reviews the products, institutions and …

Why are people continually surprised to discover that money is" just" meaning? Mutual Life,
Limited spends time among those who, in acknowledging the fictions of finance, are making …

In the global financial industry, Islamic Banking and Finance (IBF) has become a fast
growing sector as an alternative to Conventional Banking and Finance System (CBFS) …

The publication of Empire last year created a sensation that spread from academia to the
media to cocktail-party buzz. A book that causes such a scholarly commotion comes along …

Accounting for accounting demands renewed attention to the knowledge practices of the
accounting profession and anthropological analysis. Using data and theory from Islamic …

'Leadership'is routinely admired, vilified, ridiculed, invoked, trivialised, explained and
speculated about in the media and in everyday conversation. Despite all this talk, there is …

The concept of money has been evolving across time. Goods, gold, silver, banknotes,
electronic money have all played the role of money. The birth of blockchain technology gave …

In this article, I shall examine the compatibility of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies within
the context of Islamic law. I shall begin by an introduction of Bitcoin and other …

This study aims to determine whether Cryptocurrency status can meet the criteria of
wealth/property (Maal) and currency in Islam. This is based on the fact that the issue of …

Like much cold war history, the landmark 1986 decision by the United States to arm the
Afghan Mujahedin1 with Stinger antiaircraft mis-siles-purportedly the first time American …