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The Unhealthy Risk Appetites of British Banks
January 13, 2016 - No comment
The bank accounts of British Muslim charities are being shut down without notice or negotiation The fact that...
January 13, 2016 - No comment
The bank accounts of British Muslim charities are being shut down without notice or negotiation The fact that...
The Moral Debt of Finance
November 14, 2013 - No comment
How can faith communities do more to inject a sense of fairness in the financial system? The saying goes ‘don’t...
November 14, 2013 - No comment
How can faith communities do more to inject a sense of fairness in the financial system? The saying goes ‘don’t...
Britain and the Crisis of Civilisation
March 28, 2010 - 2 Comments
The international system will face new and evolving challenges over the coming decades, concerning not only issues such as terrorism and violent conflict, but more pertinently, the intersecting convergence of global ecological, energy and economic crises. It so happens that these phenomena will intensify in direct relation to Muslim-majority regions in the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and North Africa. Existing trends, and their probable trajectories, look grim without urgent preventive...
March 28, 2010 - 2 Comments
The international system will face new and evolving challenges over the coming decades, concerning not only issues such as terrorism and violent conflict, but more pertinently, the intersecting convergence of global ecological, energy and economic crises. It so happens that these phenomena will intensify in direct relation to Muslim-majority regions in the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and North Africa. Existing trends, and their probable trajectories, look grim without urgent preventive...
“Keepers of a flame”: Reviving our financial system
January 27, 2010 - 3 Comments
By Tarek El Diwany Five hundred years ago, a person who attempted to lend money for a commercial gain in the City of London risked arrest for the crime of usury. On those same streets today the cream of our educational establishments vie for a share of the usurer’s pie, and in plush city boardrooms those who were once despised make decisions that affect the entire world of commerce and politics. Yet the wealth earned through usury is an illusion. The Prophet Muhammad is reported to have said...
January 27, 2010 - 3 Comments
By Tarek El Diwany Five hundred years ago, a person who attempted to lend money for a commercial gain in the City of London risked arrest for the crime of usury. On those same streets today the cream of our educational establishments vie for a share of the usurer’s pie, and in plush city boardrooms those who were once despised make decisions that affect the entire world of commerce and politics. Yet the wealth earned through usury is an illusion. The Prophet Muhammad is reported to have said...
