Islamic Finance: Dynamics and Development: Proceedings of the Fifth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance

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Year
2003
Country
United States
Language
English
Abstract

This book published by Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, is the proceedings of the Fifth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, 2003. After the preface by Thomas D. Mullins and foreword by Samuel L. Hayes III, the book chapters are divided into six parts as:

Part I: Islamic Economics

Introduction / Rodney Wilson

Islamic Banking in Turkey (1990-2000): Boon or Bane for the Turkish Financial Sector? / Mahmoud A. El-Gamal and Hulusi Inanoglu

A Capital Adequacy Framework for Islamic Banks: The Need to Reconcile Depositors' Risk Aversion with Managers' Risk Taking / Maximilian J.B. Hall, Humayon A. Dar, and Dadang Muljawan

Risk, Return, and Volatility of Faith-Based Investing: The Case of the Dow Jones Islamic Index / M. Kabir Hassan

Eliminating Riba: The Holy Alliance between Law and Economics in Pakistan / Tariq Hassan

Quantitative Methods of Stock Selection in the Construction and Testing of Sharia-Compliant Strategies / John Lightstone

Part II: The Shari’a

Introduction / Hussein Hassan

The Centrality of Fiqh: An Introduction to Shari.a-Compliant Finance / Taha bin Hasan Abdul-Basser

Sharia-Compliant Financing Structures and the Development of an Islamic Economy / Michael J.T. McMillen

Sharia Principles and Their Application: Examples from Islamic Finance / Muddassir H. Siddiqui

Credit Enhancement in Ijara Transactions / Robert W. Toan and Monir Barakat

Ijtihad in Islamic Finance / Frank E. Vogel

What Can Islamic Banks Do Besides Eliminating Riba? / Nizam Yaquby

Part III: Islamic Finance

Introduction / Ibrahim Warde

Islamic Financial Products: Addressing the Needs of the Retail Market Using the Internet as a Platform / Ramzi Abu Khadra

Corporate Customer Perceptions of Islamic Banking Products and Services / Norafifah Ahmad and Sudin Haron

The Emerging Islamic Financial Architecture: The Way Ahead / Ahmad Mohamed Ali

Regulatory Environment and Strategic Directions in Islamic Finance / Jassar Al Jassar

The Progress of Islamic Banking and Finance in Bahrain / Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa

Strategic Trends in the Islamic Banking and Finance Movement / Monzer Kahf

The Comparative Advantages of Islamic Banking and Finance / M. Nejatullah Siddiqi

Recent Developments in Islamic Banking in Indonesia / Mulya E. Siregar and Nasirwan Ilyas

Alternative Trading Systems and the Viability of an Islamic Electronic Communications Network / Thomas Tellner

Part IV: Commerical Products, Business Models, and Other

Introduction / Abdulkader Thomas

Creating Financial Solutions for American Muslims: HSBC's Experience in the United States / Tariq Al-Rifai

Managing Sharia-Compliant Mutual Funds in a Volatile Equity Environment: The Emerging Market Experience and the Global Experience / Adam Ebrahim and Bernard R. Horn, Jr.

Prospects for the Evolution of Takaful in the 21st Century / Omar C. Fisher and Dawood Taylor

Opening Doors for Muslim Families in America / Saber Salam

Strategies in the Islamic Funds Industry: An Exploratory Analysis / Zafar Sareshwala and Mohammed Obaidullah

Islamic Windows: A Solution for Muslim Community Banking in the United States / A. Rushdi Siddiqui

Part V: Islamic Finance in the Contemporary Context

Islamic Finance in the Contemporary Context

Part VI: A Brief History of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program

An overview of the history of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program and its achievements.

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ISSN/ISBN
0-9702835-4-7
No. of Pages
319p
City
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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