This profound book is a powerful yet balanced critique of mainstream economics that makes
a forceful plea for taking economics out of its secular and occident-centred cocoon. It …

This book combines Qur'anic wisdom and modern economics to provide a clear, integrated
picture of what Islamic economics has to offer to realize the kind of well-being Islam …

This text explains how Islamic banking works and what it offers as an alternative model of
financial intermediation. Important questions addressed include: Why Islamic banking …

Islamic banking practice, which started in early 1970s on a modest scale, has shown
tremendous progress during the last 25 years. Serious research work of the past two and a …

Managed money is a new phenomenon which has gained prominence after the collapse of
the Bretton Woods system in August 1971. There is no possibility of finding a precedence for …

In an Islamic economic system, financial and monetary relations have to be organized and
conducted in a manner which precludes the use of interest in any form. Profit and profit …

This paper examines the nature, scope and methodology of Islamic economics, and draws
attention to some possibilities for theoretical and empirical research in this field. Islamic …

ABSTRACT1 Islamic finance starts from one basic concept that is to avoid trading directly
present for future money. Finance is provided in the form of money in return for either equity …

The quest for a systematic unity of the universe in all of its manifestations is a common topic
in Western thought. In this book the author shows what Islam can bring to this field of human …

Thirty years ago Islamic banking was considered wishful thinking. However, serious
research work over recent decades has shown that Islamic banking is not only feasible and …