Islamic Finance - Law, Economics, and Practice philippics 1-6 Islamic theology has been neglected

Islamic theology has been neglected in recent scholarship

But just as damaging has been the rise in the West of a belief that a single model of political behavior will become a worldwide norm and that

focuses on mechanisms of traditional education that cripple imagination

the book literally defies translation

"—Bernard Lewis

Islamic Finance - Law, Economics, and Practice philippics 1-6 Islamic theology has been neglectedThis book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance and the historical roots that define its modes of operation. The focus of the book is analytical and forward looking. It shows that Islamic finance exists mainly as a form of rent seeking legal arbitrage. In every aspect of finance from personal loans to investment banking, and from market structure to corporate governance Islamic finance aims to replicate in Islamic forms the