Islamic banking and finance in South-East Asia [[electronic resource] ] : its development and future / / by Angelo M. Venardos

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457196503321
• Autore: Venardos Angelo M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2012
• ISBN: 1-280-37549-3; 9786613555397; 981-4350-43-5
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Collana: Asia-Pacific business series, , 1793-3137 ; ; v. 6
• Disciplina: 332.10959
• Soggetti: Banks and banking - Southeast Asia; Banks and banking - Islamic countries; Banks and banking - Religious aspects - Islam; Islamic law - Southeast Asia; Electronic books.; Southeast Asia Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword by Arfat Selvam; Preface to 3rd Edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Islamic History; 1.1 The Quran; 1.2 The Five Principles of Islam; 1.3 The Mosque; 1.4 Muhammad and the Origins of Islam; 1.5 The Spread of Islam; 1.6 The Golden Age of Islam; 1.7 Decline and Fall; 1.8 A Revival of Fortunes; 1.9 Middle-Eastern Oil; 1.10 Islamic Nationhood in the Late Twentieth Century; 1.11 The Iranian Revolution and After; 1.12 Islamic Banking and Islamic Revival; Chapter 2 Shari'ah Law and Islamic Jurisprudence; 2.1 From the Obligatory to the Forbidden; 2.2 The Quran, the Sunnah and the Hadith 2.3 The Five Major Schools of Islamic Law; 2.4 Classical Islamic Jurisprudence and the Processes for Ascertaining the Law; 2.5 The Concept of Fatwah; 2.6 From Revelation to Codification: Scholasticism and the Formulation of Doctrine; 2.7 Closing of the Door of Ijtihad; 2.8 Shari'ah and State Law in the Modern Era; Chapter 3 Islamic Commercial Law; 3.1 Islamic vs. Non-Islamic Commercial Transactions; 3.2 Principal Requirements of the Shari'ah in ; Relation to Commercial Activities; 3.3 Islam: the Difference between Equity and Debt; 3.4 Rationale of the Prohibition of Interest 3.5 Conventional Banking and the Prohibition of Riba in Islam; 3.6 Treatment of Deposits with Interest; 3.7 Profit and Loss Sharing; 3.8 Profit-Sharing Enterprises; 3.9 Islamic Contract Law; 3.10 Types of Contract in Shari'ah; 3.11 Islamic Financing in a Contemporary Setting; 3.12 The Problem of Uncertainty ( gharar); 3.13 Summary; Chapter 4 Islamic Financial Products; 4.1 The Emergence of Islamic Banking; 4.2 Different Paths, Same Goal; 4.3 What Investment Products are Permissible under Islamic Shari'ah Law; 4.4 Shari'ah Investment Principles; 4.5 Equity-Financing and Debt-Financing in Pre-Islamic Arab Society 4.6 Islamic Equity-Financing and Debt-Financing; 4.7 Equity Securities: Profit-Sharing Contracts; 4.8 Debt-Financing Contracts; 4.9 Debt Securities; 4.10 Shari'ah Qualifications in Leasing; 4.11 Other Risk-Taking Products; 4.12 Islamic Insurance; 4.13 Takaful Insurance in a Contemporary Context; 4.14 Takaful Compared with Conventional Insurance; 4.15 Summary; Chapter 5 Issues and Challenges of Islamic Banking Today; 5.1 Obstacles to the Application of Islamic Law to Present Day Banking; 5.2 Derivation from Revealed Sources; 5.3 Methodological Differences 5.4 Pluralism of Fatwahs; 5.5 The Problem of Applying Islamic Law in a Western Legal Environment; 5.6 Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Practices; 5.7 Depositors and Regulators; 5.8 Regulators' Concerns; 5.9 Legal Challenges; 5.10 Developing an Efficient Regulatory Framework; 5.11 Special Requirements of Islamic Banking; 5.12 Assessment and Management of Investment Risks; 5.13 Proposals for a Regulatory Framework for Islamic Banking; 5.14 Conclusion; Chapter 6 Islam in South-east Asia; 6.1 The Coming of Islam to South-east Asia; 6.2 European Rivalries and Colonisation
• Sommario/riassunto: Islamic Banking and Finance in South-East Asia by Angelo M Venardos has been a "must read" since its first edition in 2005 and has already been translated to Arabic. Now in its 3rd edition, the book offers important updates you can look forward to, starting with the foundations of Islamic banking, developments and issues. The reader is then treated to a timely survey of Islamic banking in five South-east Asian countries. Most of these chapters have been completely revamped from the last edition. One additional chapter has been added on Islamic Succession Planning, which introduces an increasin