About this product

Product Information

This is the first book-length study of Islamic financial services in the United Kingdom. It describes the ways in which British examples of Islamic financial provision illustrate both the main characteristics of Islamic financial teaching and some key issues in the situation of British Muslims. Coverage of the subject is comprehensive: there are chapters on the history of Islamic finance in the UK and on personal accounts, home purchase finance, the equivalents of personal loans and insurance, investment, commercial funding and the relatively new bond-like instruments of sukuk. The author's approach is broadly sympathetic to the general spirit and aims of the Islamic financial tradition but critical of some of its manifestations in practice. The book is especially topical at present, following the crisis in the UK banking industry and the unprecedented level of public debate about the appropriate aims and techniques of the financial markets. Some commentators have recently expressed disappointment that Islamic finance in the UK has failed to live up to the high expectations surrounding it. This book attempts to give a balanced account of the sector's strengths and weaknesses.

Product Identifiers

PublisherEdinburgh University Press

ISBN-100748639985

ISBN-139780748639984

eBay Product ID (ePID)104062210

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

Publication NameIslamic Financial Services in the United Kingdom

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

SubjectFinance & Accounting

TypeTextbook

AuthorElaine Housby

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, Social Science

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length5.4 in

Item Width8.4 in

Height216mm

Width138mm

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication01/01/2011

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Place of PublicationEdinburgh

Series TitleEdinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance

GenreFinance & Accounting

Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom

Author BiographyElaine Housby completed a PhD on the subject of Islamic finance in Britain at the Open University, after previously obtaining degrees involving varying combinations of politics, history, religion and Arabic. She likes to think that this gives her an unusually wide perspective, and hopes to continue research and writing on aspects of these subjects as well as maintaining her interest in the development of alternative forms of finance.

Picture 1 of 1

Islamic Financial Services in the United Kingdom by Elaine Housby (Paperback, 2011)