Title Islamic insurance : a modern approach to Islamic banking / Aly Khorshid.

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Routledge Islamic studies
	Routledge Islamic studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-222) and index.
Contents	The meaning of insurance in Islam -- Riba (usury) and gharar (risk) -- Pre-modern and modern jurists standing on insurance -- The development of mutual insurance in the West -- The development of Islamic banking and insurance in Malaysia: a case study -- The development of Islamic banking and insurance in Saudi Arabia: a case study -- Basic principles for an insurance scheme acceptable to the Islamic faith.
Summary	The book uses relevant Quranic and Sunnah extracts, and the arguments of pro- and anti-insurance jurists to arrive at its conclusion that Muslims can enjoy the peace of mind and equity of an Islamic insurance scheme.
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Subject	Insurance -- Islamic countries.
	Insurance.
	Islamic countries.
	Banks and banking -- Insurance business -- Islamic countries.
	Banks and banking -- Insurance business.
	Islam -- Economic aspects.
	Islam -- Economic aspects.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Khorshid, Aly, 1947- Islamic insurance. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 0415311055 (DLC) 2003018034 (OCoLC)52876511
ISBN	0203458281 (electronic book)
	9780203458280 (electronic book)
	9780415311052
	0415311055
	020333762X
	9780203337622
	0415311055 (alkaline paper)