Malaysia Aims to Maintain Islamic Finance Lead
Sometime ago, I argued that there is not much to distinguish conventional banking practices from those of Islamic banking. While others are bound to disagree--especially practitioners of this sort o…
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Getting to Know Islamic Banking
I am fascinated by this race among financial centers and major banks to create Islamic banking products [ 1 , 2 ]. With the oil windfall set this year to hit an amount unimaginable to your humble cor…
Islamic Cars? Bah! Try Islamic Bonds
Honestly, I'm a bit at a loss to explain why Proton Malaysia's bid to create an " Islamic car " has received so much press attention. I've already talked about Proton before, s…