RESEARCH ON ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND FINANCE AND ROLE OF FAITH IN MARKETS AND SOCIETY IN POST MODERN SCIENTIFIC AGE
Repo transactions are not compliant with Islamic principles due to the buyback nature of transaction plus the use of interest based securities as underlying assets. However, in commercial contracts where Islamic banks would like to earn return, there is need for a pricing benchmark to mitigate risk as well as ensure transparency in the contract.
IPS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 27, 2021 with Islamic Economics Project (IEP). MoU will facilitate both organizations to collaborate in holding and promoting joint online and on-ground events, details of which will be covered and reported on the websites of both organizations as well as in Moral Reflections on Economics – a monthly online publication of IEP.
Prepare to Meet the One, the Only One We will return to the One, to the Only One. Every moment, we come close to death and to meet the One, the Only […]
Ever since the critique of Marx on capitalism, a lot of reforms have taken place in the practice of capitalism. These measures include i) fixing working hours, 2) avoiding discriminatory practices, 3) […]
If an economy has 10 million people, then should the food be produced and distributed to the markets for all 10 million people? Most people would answer yes. It is because food […]
Islamic banking is growing very fast, especially after the global financial crisis in 2008. There is need for more awareness and regulatory support to promote Islamic banking so as to comply with constitution of Pakistan, which clearly urged for eliminating Riba as soon as possible.
This paper aims to see which modes of financing are majorly employed by Islamic banks while providing finance to the clients. The empirical analysis shows that by and large Islamic banks use risk-shifting contracts. The use of risk-sharing based contracts is quite minimal.
The paper discusses reforms in monetary policy to reorient it towards serving the needs of real economy. It focuses on reforms that can be introduced in the transitional phase since reconceptualising the whole monetary system with a reformed outlook on nature of currency, mode of currency issue, money creation and credit creation would take much longer time and requires greater political will.
Cash Waqf has a unique feature of flexibility in allocation of economic resources for their use in redistribution efforts, in terms of cash transfers, asset transfers, skills transfer through education and productivity transfers through health services.
یہ مختصر کتاب قارئین کو مدعو کرتی ہے کہ وہ مل کر سائنس، فلسفہ اور روحانیت کے تناظر میں وجودیت کے حوالے سے سوالات کے جوابات تلاش کریں۔کتاب کا طرزتحریر محققانہ ہے۔ مصنف اپنے نقطہ نظر کو مدلل انداز میں بیان کرتے ہیں جو دلکش، بصیرت انگیز اور قائل کرنے والا ہے۔یہ کتاب روحانی اور عقیدے پر مبنی نقطہ نظر کے بارے میں ایک لائق تحسین کاوش ہے۔
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