Tag: Is Islamic Banking Really Islamic

Is Conventional Mortgage Halal

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Conventional banks only provide loans no matter whether the loan amount is used for purchasing assets or not. As far as repayment of debt is considered in conventional finance lease or mortgage loans, the interest is due from the very first date of sanction of loan till the very last. If the asset remains unusable during the conventional finance lease, the instalments including interest and principal repayment will continue without any break. If interest amount is not paid on time, then interest has to be paid on accrued interest along with financial penalties. Compounded interest can multiply exponentially.

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Paradox: Trade-off Between Shari’ah Compliance and Price Competitiveness

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Shari’ah compliance in Islamic banking is necessary. However, achieving that requires certain additional operations and costs which may lead to Islamic banks incurring some additional costs which conventional banks simply avoid. This may make Islamic banks to become costlier than conventional banks and which will reflect in weak position in price competitiveness.

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IEP Forum on FSC Verdict on Riba – Experts View – Mufti Dr. Zubair Naseem

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Recently, Federal Shari’ah Court of Pakistan has given its judgement on the Riba case. Islamic Economics Project is making a humble effort to collect the views of Shari’ah scholars, regulators, practitioners, lawyers and academic experts to deliberate on the future course of action and generate ideas and debate on how to make this transformation possible. In this regard, we got the chance to get reaction and response from Mufti Dr. Zubair. We hope that the views expressed and shared with relevant audience and stakeholders will generate practicable ideas and keep the momentum towards achieving the end goal of an economy that is in compliance with Shari’ah and is able to utilize the instruments and institutions in the Islamic economic teachings.

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Clarification of Some Misunderstandings about Islamic Banking

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When a common person tries to form an opinion about Islamic banking, he hears cliché sayings about Islamic banking, such as ‘Currently, Islamic banking and finance are not truly Islamic’, ‘It is only changing of conventional terms into Islamic terms’ and ‘Islamic banking is an oxymoron as banking cannot be Islamic’. This brief article discusses some points that will help in better understanding Islamic finance and Islamic banking in particular.

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How to Make Mudarabah More Applicable in Islamic Banking

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In Mudarabah, only the Rabb-ul-Maal bears all the financial losses as the sole financial investor. If an Islamic bank enters into a Mudarabah contract as a Rabb-ul-Maal, only the Islamic bank would have to bear all the losses.  Disparity in payoffs if loss occurs in Mudarabah is one of the major reasons why Mudarabah is hardly used as a mode of finance in corporate financing.

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