Thirty Years of Islamic Banking: History, Performance and Prospects

by Munawar Iqbal and Philip Molyneux

Book Overview

This text explains how Islamic banking works and what it offers as an alternative model of financial intermediation. Important questions addressed include: Why Islamic banking started and where it is going; who the main players are at present and whom it will attract in future; what its strengths and weaknesses are; whether Islamic banks will survive in highly competitive and globalized financial markets; what their prospects and potentials are; and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403943257
• ISBN13: 9781403943255
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.8"