Islamic finance news

Originally taken from “Godly but ambitious” featured out in the Economist (Available at: http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13856281). MOST practitioners of Islamic finance pride themselves on their modesty. But not […]

By Anwar Elshamy (http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=297072&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28) A financial expert has called for abolishing the current paper money system and returning to gold currencies instead, saying it was the […]

Financial Times By Dr Humayon Dar. (Available at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b96e901a-48c3-11de-8870-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1) Sir, The impressive growth of the Islamic finance industry over the past decade has not gone unnoticed […]

By Robin Brant. (Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8025410.stm) Experts in Islamic finance believe their way of doing business has shielded them from the global credit crisis. But how […]

Assalamualaikum, Dear Readers, I would like to share my recent thoughts on the issue of Corporate Governance in Islamic financial institutions featured in the newsletter of […]

By Nicole Guski, Islamic Finance News (IFN) Vol. 6, Issue 10. Available at http://www.nortonrose.com/news/inthepress/news20430.aspx?lang=en-gb Nearly five years have passed since the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt in […]

By Robin Wigglesworth (Available at: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbe448be-34d8-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1) Islamic prohibitions against fixed interest and most complicated financial instruments have helped Islamic banks avoid the avalanche of derivative debt […]

By Cecilia Valente (Available at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKTRE53L41A20090422?sp=true) LONDON (Reuters) – The government will change its current tax regime to facilitate Islamic-debt issuance and encourage the growth of […]