Foundations of Shari'ah governance of Islamic banks

xviii, 383 p. ; 25 cm

Foundations of shariah governance of Islamic banks (BI)

xviii, 383 hlm.: 28 c

Foundations of shariah governance of islamic banks/ Ginena

xviii, p.383.: ill.; 25 c

Deutsche Bank and the Use of Promises in Islamic Finance Contracts

This paper examines the concept of a promise, an essential tool for Islamic financial transactions that has facilitated the development of structured Sharī‘ah-compliant financing arrangements and mitigated much of the risk that Islamic financial institutions encounter. The study explores jurists’ opinions regarding the extent that unilateral and bilateral promises are religiously binding and enforceable in a court of Islamic law. It classifies bilateral promises (muwā‘adah) into non-binding non-enforceable promises and binding enforceable promises, and contends that the latter category takes the constructive ruling of a contract (fī ḥukm al-‘aqd). The paper argues that Islamic contracts can be added to a future time or made contingent upon the fulfillment of a condition so long as they meet some general guidelines

Foundations of shari'ah governance of Islamic banks

xviii, 383 p. ; 25 c

Foundations of shariah governance of islamic banks/ Ginena

xviii, p.383.: ill.; 25 c

Home and commercial hospitality rituals in Arab Gulf countries

Using depth interviews and observations of domestic and commercial hospitality rituals in Qatar and the UAE, we explore culturally- constructed meanings of hospitality rituals in Arab Gulf States. We examine associated performative symbolic constructions of ethnic identity, as well as complexities arising when Bedouin rituals of hospitality are urbanized and commoditized