Islamic Finance

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The article provides a brief overview of Islamic finance in Canada, with a focus on the Islamic Housing Co-operative, an effort that allows Muslims to enter into mortgages adhering to Islamic principles.

This article provides an overview of the significant Islamic financial deals during 2003 and 2004, with a focus on the newly emerging sukuk transaction. Included is a table of over 50 of the largest transacions and institutions for this time period.

This article highlights the rapid growth of Islamic finance in Malaysia, including several recent deals involving the distrubtor Dawama, as well as sukuk transactions. There is still debate over the shari`a compliance of Islamic financial deals, particularly with a lack of standardization between different countries.

This article examines the perception and depiction of Islamic finance within the media and the conventional banking system, particularly with respect to the events of September 11, and the concept of Islamic finance as being a recent phenomenon.

Non-Muslim customers comprise 70% of the Islamic banking market in Malaysia.

This article presents the results of a study conducted by the author on the use of bay` al-mu`ajjal financing in the small and cottage industry (SCI) in Bangladesh, with the analysis based on the 'institutional-network approach' model.