TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hassan,Kabir
AU  - Lewis,Mervyn
TI  - Handbook of Islamic banking
SN  - 1845420837 (hbk.)
AV  - HG3368.A6 H347 2007
U1  - 332.10 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Banks and banking
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Islamic countries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; Islamic banking : an introduction and overview / M. Kabir Hassan, Mervyn K. Lewis -- Development of Islamic economic and social thought / Masudul Alam Choudhury -- Islamic critique of conventional financing / Latifa M. Algaoud, Mervyn K. Lewis -- Profit-and-loss sharing contracts in Islamic finance / Abbas Mirakhor, Iqbal Zaidi -- Comparing Islamic and Christian attitudes to usury / Mervyn K. Lewis -- Incentive compatibility of Islamic financing / Humayon A. Dar -- Operational efficiency and performance of Islamic banks / Kym Brown, M. Kabir Hassan, Michael Skully -- Marketing Islamic financial products / Said M. Elfakhani, Imad J. Zbib, Zafar U. Ahmed -- Governance of Islamic banks / Volker Nienhaus -- Risk management in Islamic banking / Habib Ahmed, Tariqullah Khan -- Islamic money market instruments / Sam R. Hakim -- Trade financing in Islam / Ridha Saadallah -- Securitization in Islam / Mohammed Obaidullah -- Islamic project finance / Michael J.T. McMillen -- Islam and speculation in the stock exchange / Seif El-Din Tag El-Din, M. Kabir Hassan -- Islamic mutual funds / Said M. Elfakhani, M. Kabir Hassan, Yusuf M. Sidani -- Islamic banks and economic development / Monzer Kahf -- Islamic methods for government borrowing and monetary management / M. Fahim Khan -- Accounting standards for Islamic financial services / Simon Archer, Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim -- Mutualization of Islamic banks / Mahmoud A. El-Gamal -- Challenges facing the Islamic financial industry / M.Umer Chapra -- International Islamic financial institutions / Munawar Iqbal -- Islamic financial centres / Ricardo Baba -- Islamic banking and the growth of takaful / Mohd Ma'sum Billah -- Islamic banking in the west / Rodney Wilson; BM
N2  - Summary:
Islamic banking offers, as an alternative to conventional interest-based financing methods, a variety of financial instruments and investment vehicles based on profit-and-loss sharing arrangements. This title contains 25 studies by international experts on Islamic banking and finance that analyse various debates and the state of play in the field.
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0906/2006026360.html
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/handbook-of-islamic-banking/oclc/71005775&referer=brief_results
UR  - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/5921
ER  -