Encyclopaedia of Islamic banking and insurance

The work is divided into eight sections--on concepts, theory, and evolution; on Islamic banking operations; on investment and insurance; on inter-bank relations, on Islamic banking experiences; on international groups and organizations; on research and coordination; and on an international survey of Islamic banking institutions. The foreword is written by Prince Muhammad Al-Faisal Al-Saud, the chairman of both the International Association of Islamic Banks and Dar al-Maal al-Islami. Muzzam Ali, vice chairman of both these organizations, contributes the introduction. Each section of the work is comprised of separate writings. These distinct works are written by authors such as Nejatullah Siddiqui, Abbas Mirakhor, and S. M. Hasanuz Zaman. The sections on international groups and organizations and on research and coordination contain pieces devoted to individual organizations or institutions. The section of the book dealing with an international survey of Islamic banking institutions, in