Proceedings of the fifth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance
Subtitle: April 6-7, 2002, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
By: organized by Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, in association with Harvard Islamic Society
Contributors: Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program; Harvard University. Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Harvard Islamic Society
Publisher: Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780970283542
Subjects: Finance; Congresses; Islam; Banks and banking; Investments
Other titles: Islamic finance :; Islamic finance; Fifth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / -- Thomas D. Mullins -- Foreword / -- Samuel L. Hayes III -- pt. 1: Islamic economics. Introduction / -- Rodney Wilson; title: Islamic banking in Turkey (1990-2000): boon or bane for the Turkish financial sector?  -- Mahmoud A. El-Gamal and Hulusi Inanoglu; title: Capital adequacy framework for Islamic banks: the need to reconcile depositors' risk aversion with managers' risk taking  -- Maximilian J.B. Hall, Humayon A. Dar, and Dadang Muljawan; title: Risk, return, and volatility of faith-based investing: the case of the Dow Jones Islamic index  -- M. Kabir Hassan; title: Eliminating riba: the holy alliance between law and economics in Pakistan  -- Tariq Hassan; title: Quantitative methods of stock selection in the construction and testing of shariʻa-compliant strategies  -- John Lightstone -- pt. 2. The shariʻa. Introduction / -- Hussein Hassan; title: Centrality of fiqh: an introduction to shariʻa-compliant finance  -- Taha bin Hasan Abdul-Basser; title: Shariʻa-compliant financing structures and the development of an Islamic economy  -- Michael J.T. McMillen; title: Shariʻa principles and their application: examples from Islamic finance  -- Muddassir H. Siddiqui; title: Credit enhancement in ijara transactions  -- Robert W. Toan and Monir Barakat; title: Ijtihad in Islamic finance  -- Frank E. Vogel; title: What can Islamic banks do besides eliminating riba?  -- Nizam Yaquby -- pt. 3. Islamic finance. Introduction / -- Ibrahim Warde; title: Islamic financial products: addressing the needs of the retail market using the internet as a platform  -- Ramzi Abu Khadra; title: Corporate customer perceptions of Islamic banking products and services  -- Norafifah Ahmad and Sudin Haron; title: Emerging Islamic financial architecture: the way ahead  -- Ahmad Mohamed Ali; title: Regulatory environment and strategic directions in Islamic finance  -- Jassar Al Jassar; title: Progress of Islamic banking and finance in Bahrain  -- Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Khalifa; title: Strategic trends in the Islamic banking and finance movement  -- Monzer Kahf; title: Comparative advantages of Islamic banking and finance  -- M. Nejatullah Siddiqi; title: Recent developments in Islamic banking in Indonesia  -- Mulya E. Siregar and Nasirwan Ilyas; title: Alternative trading systems and the viability of an Islamic electronic communications network  -- Thomas D. Tellner -- pt. 4. Commercial products, business models, and other. Introduction / -- Abdulkader Thomas; title: Creating financial solutions for American Muslims: HSBC's experience in the United States  -- Tariq al-Rifai; title: Managing shariʻa-compliant mutual funds in a volatile equity environment: the emerging market experience and the global experience  -- Adam Ebrahim and Bernard R. Horn, Jr.; title: Prospects for the evolution of takaful in the 21st century  -- Omar C. Fisher and Dawood Taylor; title: Opening doors for Muslim families in America  -- Saber Salam; title: Strategies in the Islamic funds industry: an exploratory analysis  -- Zafar Sareshwala and Mohammed Obaidullah; title: Islamic windows: a solution for Muslim community banking in the United States  -- A. Rushdi Siddiqui -- pt. 5. Islamic finance in the contemporary context. An open discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing the Islamic financial industry since September 11 and the market downturn, crises, and bankruptcies that have followed: panelists: Mahmoud A. El-Gamal (chair), Fred Crawford, James Godec, Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Abdulkader Thomas.; title: Islamic finance in the contemporary context: report  -- Fatima Raja -- pt. 6. A brief history of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program. An overview of the history of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program and its achievements.; title: Brief history of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program: report -- Munir Zilanawala.