Islamic insurance : a modern approach to Islamic banking / Aly Khorshid.
Material type:
TextSeries: Routledge Islamic studiesPublication details: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0203458281
- 9780203458280
- 9780415311052
- 0415311055
- 020333762X
- 9780203337622
- Insurance -- Islamic countries
- Banks and banking -- Insurance business -- Islamic countries
- Islam -- Economic aspects
- Insurance
- Islam -- Economic aspects
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Risk Assessment & Management
- Banks and banking -- Insurance business
- Insurance
- Islam -- Economic aspects
- Islamic countries
- 368/.00917/67 22
- HG8719 .K48 2004eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-222) and index.
The meaning of insurance in Islam -- Riba (usury) and gharar (risk) -- Pre-modern and modern jurists standing on insurance -- The development of mutual insurance in the West -- The development of Islamic banking and insurance in Malaysia: a case study -- The development of Islamic banking and insurance in Saudi Arabia: a case study -- Basic principles for an insurance scheme acceptable to the Islamic faith.
Print version record.
The book uses relevant Quranic and Sunnah extracts, and the arguments of pro- and anti-insurance jurists to arrive at its conclusion that Muslims can enjoy the peace of mind and equity of an Islamic insurance scheme.