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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
Can contemporary Islamic finance meet the requirements of modern commerce? This book explores the political implications of the accumulation of Islamic capital, analysing the connections between Islamic finance and Islamic political movements in Middle Eastern and North African countries. |
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I -- Thematic Essays -- 1 Islamic Banks: The Rise of a New Power Alliance of Wealth and Shari'a Scholarship -- 2 Global Politics, Islamic Finance and Islamist Politics Before and After 11 September 2001 -- 3 The Murabaha Syndrome in Islamic Finance: Laws, Institutions and Politics -- 4 Marketing Commodities Does Not Happen on Commodity Markets: The Egyptian Bursat Al-'Uqud and Oil Futures Markets -- 5 Financial Performances of Islamic versus Conventional Banks -- 6 Capital Flight through Islamic Managed Funds -- Part II -- Case Studies |
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7 Interest Politics: Islamic Financein the Sudan, 1977-2001 -- 8 The Kuwait Finance House and the Islamization of Public Life in Kuwait -- 9 Jordan: A Case Study of the Relationship between Islamic Finance and Islamist Politics -- 10 The Political Economy of Islamic Finance in Turkey: The Role of Fethullah Gülen and Asya Finans -- 11 Aiyyu Bank Islami? The Marginalization of Tunisia's BEST Bank -- 12 The Rise and Decline of the Islamic Banking Model in Egypt -- Conclusion -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index |
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| Subject |
Finance -- Islamic countries.
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Finance. |
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Islamic countries. |
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Banks and banking -- Islamic countries.
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Banks and banking. |
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Capital -- Islamic countries.
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Capital. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9780748653089 (online) |
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0748653082 |
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9780748618361 |
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0748618368 |
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9781474469081 (electronic book) |
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1474469086 (electronic book) |
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