Tag Archives: Islamic Finance

Breaking Pita-Bread Over Business & Investment

We are pleased to reshare a piece written by Afshin Molavi, Director at Oxford Analytica on the Islamic Banking, a continuously growing sector in the Gulf countries and beyond.  His piece for The Majalla also cites one of PITAPOLICY’s articles … Continue reading

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Socially Responsible Investing – Will an Islamic Finance trend amount to a best practice for the financial world?

PITAPOLICY completes this month’s theme of “Socially Responsible Organizing and Investing” with a joint piece by Mehrunisa Qayyum and Afaf Qayyum reviewing how trends of SRI mirror a growing interest in Islamic Finance. August began with our first post, which was … Continue reading

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Shar’iah Finance Part 2A: Articles of Interest on Islamic Banking

1) Source: Global Finance By Gordon Platt Islamic Bank Awards 2011~Annual Survey: Islamic Finance The Islamic finance industry is benefiting from a lack of confidence in the conventional banking sector and is expanding rapidly in emerging markets. 2) Source: MENAF.com … Continue reading

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