Description: > Product description This is the first book-length study of Islamic financial services in the United Kingdom. It describes the ways in which British examples of Islamic financial provision illustrate both the main characteristics of Islamic financial teaching and some key issues in the situation of British Muslims. Coverage of the subject is comprehensive: there are chapters on the history of Islamic finance in the UK and on personal accounts, home purchase finance, the equivalents of personal loans and insurance, investment, commercial funding and the relatively new bond-like instruments of sukuk. The author's approach is broadly sympathetic to the general spirit and aims of the Islamic financial tradition but critical of some of its manife Product description This is the first book-length study of Islamic financial services in the United Kingdom. It describes the ways in which British examples of Islamic financial provision illustrate both the main characteristics of Islamic financial teaching and some key issues in the situation of British Muslims. Coverage of the subject is comprehensive: there are chapters on the history of Islamic finance in the UK and on personal accounts, home purchase finance, the equivalents of personal loans and insurance, investment, commercial funding and the relatively new bond-like instruments of sukuk. The author's approach is broadly sympathetic to the general spirit and aims of the Islamic financial tradition but critical of some of its manifestations in practice. The book is especially topical at present, following the crisis in the UK banking industry and the unprecedented level of public debate about the appropriate aims and techniques of the financial markets. Some commentators have recently expressed disappointment that Islamic finance in the UK has failed to live up to the high expectations surrounding it. About the Author Elaine Housby is Independent researcher and freelance writer at the
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Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Islamic Financial Services in the United Kingdom
Publisher: Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Banks & Banking, Islamic Studies, Accounting / Financial
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.5 Oz
Author: Elaine Housby
Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Length: 5.4 in
Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance Ser.
Item Width: 8.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
