The politics of Islamic finance / edited by Clement M. Henry and Rodney Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henry, Clement, Author.

Contributor:

Henry, Clement M., 1937- editor.

Wilson, Rodney, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Islamic countries.

Finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can contemporary Islamic finance meet the requirements of modern commerce? This book explores the political implications of the accumulation of Islamic capital, analysing the connections between Islamic finance and Islamic political movements in Middle Eastern and North African countries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

PART I Thematic Essays

1 Islamic Banks: The Rise of a New Power Alliance of Wealth and Shari’a Scholarship

2 Global Politics, Islamic Finance and Islamist Politics Before and After 11 September 2001

3 The Murabaha Syndrome in Islamic Finance: Laws, Institutions and Politics

4 Marketing Commodities Does Not Happen on Commodity Markets: The Egyptian Bursat Al-‘Uqud and Oil Futures Markets

5 Financial Performances of Islamic versus Conventional Banks

6 Capital Flight through Islamic Managed Funds

PART II Case Studies

7 Interest Politics: Islamic Finance in the Sudan, 1977–2001

8 The Kuwait Finance House and the Islamization of Public Life in Kuwait

9 Jordan: A Case Study of the Relationship between Islamic Finance and Islamist Politics

10 The Political Economy of Islamic Finance in Turkey: The Role of Fethullah Gülen and Asya Finans

11 Aiyyu Bank Islami? The Marginalization of Tunisia’s BEST Bank

12 The Rise and Decline of the Islamic Banking Model in Egypt

Conclusion

Notes on the Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474469081

1474469086

9780748653089

0748653082

9780748679713

0748679715

OCLC:

1076662074