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Islamic Financial Services in the United Kingdom
Elaine Housby
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Description for Islamic Financial Services in the United Kingdom
Paperback. This book emphasises the ways in which UK examples of Islamic financial provision illustrate both the main characteristics of Islamic financial teaching and some key issues in the situation of British Muslims. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFF; KNST. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748639984
SKU
V9780748639984
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About Elaine Housby
Elaine Housby completed a PhD on the subject of Islamic finance in Britain at the Open University, after previously obtaining degrees involving varying combinations of politics, history, religion and Arabic. She likes to think that this gives her an unusually wide perspective, and hopes to continue research and writing on aspects of these subjects as well as maintaining her interest ... Read more
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