Reappraising the Islamic Financial Sector: A Short Report

The Islamic Finance Project (IFP) of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) of Harvard Law School, along with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), co-hosted the fifth annual workshop on Islamic finance on 24 February 2011 at the LSE campus in London. This year, participants chose “Reappraising the Islamic Financial Sector” as the workshop topic. A diverse group of twenty-five individuals attended the workshop, including distinguished shari’a scholars, Islamic economists, academicians, bankers, lawyers and portfolio managers.