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
Subprime mortgages are loans made to people with less than pristine credit. It’s a code word for those of us who have some sort of credit issue in our past and don’t make the cut as a “prime” borrower. For several years now, subprime borrowers have been getting subprime loans, which mean loans with substantially … Read more