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Islamic finance gears up in Indonesia

By Farouk Abdullah Alwyni There has been continued growth of the Islamic fi nance industry in Indonesia. In 2011, the asset growth of Islamic banking reached 49.2% to IDR145.47 billion (US$15.29 million) from IDR97.52 billion (US$10.25 million). Islamic finance gears...

Developmental role of Islamic banking in Indonesia

Islamic banking uses a number of Shariah compliant instruments to undertake its activities: such as Mudarabah, Musharakah, Murabahah, Istisnah, and Salam. Considering that Shariah compliance essentially is discouraging debt, unlike its conventional counterpart,...

Making Islamic finance beneficial for future generations

Islamic fi nance is now being steadily practiced in many parts of the world, including the Gulf region, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Australia. Many stand-alone Islamic fi nancial institutions, both banks and non-banks, have been set up; and along with this trend many...

The Islamic Paradigm on Finance, Economics and Development

Paradigm means worldview, or the way people view the world and things surrounding it. An Islamic paradigm will be based on the primary sources of Islam’s belief system, which is the Quran and hadith (sayings of Prophet Muhammad). In the last two decades, the...