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The Riba-Interest Equation and Islam: Re-examination of the Traditional Arguments. SSRN 1579324. el-Gamal, Mahmoud A. (2006). Islamic Finance : Law, Economics, and Practice (PDF). New York, NY: Cambridge. ISBN 9780521864145. Irfan, Harris (2015). Heaven's Bankers: Inside the Hidden World of Islamic Finance. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN ...
Sharia prohibits riba, or usury, defined as interest paid on all loans of money (although some Muslims dispute whether there is a consensus that interest is equivalent to riba). [4] [5] Investment in businesses that provide goods or services considered contrary to Islamic principles (e.g. pork or alcohol) is also haraam ("sinful and prohibited").
At least in one Muslim country with a strong Islamic banking sector (Malaysia), there are two main types of investment accounts offered by Islamic banks for those investing specifically in profit and loss sharing modes [357] [358] – restricted or unrestricted.
Bond indexes. In addition to investing in broad-based stock index funds, you can choose from a range of bond index funds: for example, short-term bonds with maturity dates in the near future, long ...
Bonds need only comply with laws of country/locality they are issued in. [41] [42] Pricing: The face value of a sukuk is priced according to the value of the assets backing them. Bond pricing is based on credit rating, i.e. the issuer's credit worthiness. [41] [42] Rewards and risks: Sukuk can increase in value when the assets increase in value.
A change in interest rates typically affects longer-term bonds more than it does short-term bonds. Bonds expiring in the next year or two will feel minimal impact from an environment of rising rates.
4 tips for investing in zero-coupon bonds. Consider your financial goals. The biggest thing to remember about zero-coupon bonds is that they’re intended to be long-term investments that don’t ...
The industry has been praised for turning a "theory" into an industry that has grown to about $2 trillion in size; [6] [7] [8] for attracting banking users whose religious objections have kept them away from conventional banking services, [9] drawing non-Muslim bankers into the field, [2] and (according to other supporters) introducing a more stable, less risky form of finance.