(Brian Ringland ORT)Pakistan is a country that is in the news – a lot. We hear stories about Taliban fighters in the North as well as bombings and assassinations in the South. The average North American and European hears only the stories that seem to concern the war in Afghanistan and how that war involves … Read more
Islamic financial arrangements used in Islamic banking (MUSHARIKA, MURABIHA, QARDE AL’HASANA, IJAREH, MUDARABA) Author: EHSAN ZARROKH ZARROKH2007@YAHOO.COM 2007-04-06 ABSTRACT Islamic finance is an old concept but a very young discipline in the academic sense. It lacks the required extent and level of theories and models needed for expansion and … Read more
In this era of heightened awareness of human rights, the title looks like a blasphemy, but bitter truth is often more repugnant than fiction. For instance, presently, a slave costs 1/38th of the price 160 years ago, making the business very profitable with a ROI of 8 times. Throughout history (and even … Read more