Balancing Religion and Finance. Did Islamic Finance overcome possible difficulties that the Islamic law posed on conventional finance?


Bachelor Thesis, 2016

50 Pages, Grade: 1,3


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1 Introduction

2 What were the exact investment problems of conventional finance?
2.1 Financial operators before Islamic Finance (supply side)
2.1.1 The Islamic financial markets between 1850 and 1970 (roughly): structure and size
2.1.2 The role of the Shari'ah: prescription and reality in conventional finance
2.2 The consumers' preferences before Islamic Finance (demand side)
2.2.1 Defining the consumers of conventional finance and their difficulties with conventional finance
2.2.2 Which financing methods were common?
2.3 Pre-conclusion: What did the restraining impact of the Shari'ah and the consumers' religious mentalities on conventional finance exactly look like?

3 Did Islamic Finance provide solutions to the hitherto carved out problems?
3.1 What is Islamic Finance?
3.1.1 The concept of Shari'ah-compliance
3.1.2 What is the “Islamic world” - or: which countries are important to survey?
3.1.3 Islamic banking and Investment
3.1.4 Takaful or Islamic insurance
3.2 The market situation with Islamic Finance
3.2.1 Is Islamic Finance working on the markets? (supply side)
3.2.1.1 How ‘big’ is Islamic Finance? Structure and size of the markets
3.2.1.2 Is Islamic Finance working? The comparative efficiency of conventional and Islamic Finance
3.2.1.3 Is Islamic Finance really Shari’ah-compliant? The disputes around Islamic Finance
3.2.2 Who is interested? The demand for Islamic Finance

4 Conclusion

5 Appendix
5.1 Technical definitions
5.2 Glossary of Arabic terms

6 References

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Title
Balancing Religion and Finance. Did Islamic Finance overcome possible difficulties that the Islamic law posed on conventional finance?
College
University of Mannheim  (Fakultät der Rechtswissenschaften und VWL)
Grade
1,3
Author
Year
2016
Pages
50
Catalog Number
V340096
ISBN (eBook)
9783668298705
ISBN (Book)
9783668298712
File size
945 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Islamic, Finance, Islamic Finance, Islamic Banking, Islamic Insurance, Banking, Insurance
Quote paper
Ulrich Roschitsch (Author), 2016, Balancing Religion and Finance. Did Islamic Finance overcome possible difficulties that the Islamic law posed on conventional finance?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/340096

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