THE WAR ON RELIGION The decade long War on Terror and Islamic Extremism has given rise to an aggressive and activist Atheist movement here at home. Islamic terrorist groups like Al Qaeda‚ Taliban‚ Islamic Jihad‚ Hamas‚ and others have apparently reinforced the atheistic belief that the problem is not terrorism‚ or even Islamic extremism‚ it is the belief in God and religion as a whole. Although‚ it should be noted that Atheist groups rarely openly attack Islam‚ which on the one hand‚ would not
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Running Head: RESEARCH PROPOSAL Liquidity Risk Management: Islamic Banks Table of contents Abstract.................................................................................................................................3 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 4 Literature Review..........................................................................................................
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Riphah center of islamic business | Causes of Failure of IFIs in Pakistan | Supervisor : Sir lutf Ullah Saqib | | By: Muhammad Adnan | 4/10/2013 | | Introduction. More than 200 IFIs are operating all over the world with an annual growth rate between 12% to 15 % .Their combined asset is more than $200 billion and increasing day by day. Islamic financial institutions are developing very vastly over the globe. Islamic financial institutions mean where all the materials must follow
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Islamic Banks V/S Conventional banks Islamic Banks are operating in the same society where conventional banks are operating and Perform all those functions which are expected from a financial institutions. Here I’ll analyze operations and products of Islamic bank in comparison to conventional banks. Any of the financial institution provide following two services. First is Savings mobilization from savers to entrepreneurs and second is Provision of general utility services including transfer of
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 94 (2012) © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2012 http://www.internationalresearchjournaloffinanceandeconomics.com Consumer Criteria for the Selection of an Islamic Bank: Evidence from Pakistan Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani Iqra University Research Centre-IURC‚ Iqra University- IU Defence View‚ Shaheed-e-Millat Road (Ext.) Karachi-75500‚ Pakistan E-mail: drsubhani@yahoo.co.uk Tel: (92-21) 111-264-264 (Ext. 2010); Fax:
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Hajj: Islamic Pilgrimage The Islamic religion requires its members to take a pilgrimage to Mecca to pay tribute to their god Allah‚ ask for forgiveness of sins. The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca‚ Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world‚ and is the fifth pillar of Islam‚ a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim
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Self-Interest‚ Homo Islamicus and Some Behavioral Assumptions in Islamic Economics and Finance Mohammad Omar Farooq Associate Professor of Economics and Finance Upper Iowa University September 2006 [Draft in progress: Feedback welcome] I. Introduction Homo economicus‚ the Economic Man‚ represents a rational human being formalized in certain social science models‚ especially in economics‚ who acts in self-interest to achieve in a goal-oriented manner. As John Kay puts it‚ "He is self interested
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through its wholly-owned subsidiary‚ Bursa Malaysia Islamic Services Sdn Bhd has officially launched Bursa Suq Al-Sila’ or commodities market in Arabic on 17 August 2009. It was previously known as Commodity Murabahah House. Bursa Suq Al-Sila’ is another effort to promote Malaysia as an international Islamic financial centre. It will serve the growing demand for Shariah-compliant financing needs and close the gap currently faced by international Islamic financial players. Bursa Suq Al-Sila is the world’s
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What is the difference between Islamic bonds and conventional bonds? Back to Top Islamic bonds are similar to conventional bonds in Malaysia. It always has fix term maturity‚ can bear a coupon‚ and trades on the normal yield price relationship (see attached appendix II on calculation method). For conventional investors‚ the structuring of the bonds by the issuer is immaterial. The difference lies only in the way the issuer structure the bonds. An Islamic bonds is structured such that the
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Overview There has been large scale growth into the Islamic banking in Muslim countries and around the world during the last twenty years as the performance growth is influenced by factors including the introduction of broad macroeconomic and structural reforms in financial systems‚ the liberalization of capital movements‚ privatization‚ the global integration of financial markets‚ and the introduction of innovative and new Islamic products. Islamic finance is now reaching new levels of sophistication
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