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There has long been a need for an objective study such as this dealing with the legal rights and obligations of women under the Sharia and under modern Arab Islamic legislation. Seen within the broad principles of Islamic law, the book examines the status of women with regard to marriage, the ...

A critical study of the interpretation of riba in Islam, the attempts of Islamic banks to put the interpretation into practice, the problems associated with these attempts and an argument for rethinking the interpretation.

This book provides an original and comprehensive account of the resurgence of traditional Islamic criminal law in the early twenty-first century, offering a detailed study of the application of Islamic law of murder and homicide in contemporary Pakistan.

This study addresses the derivatives instruments in Islamic finance and highlights their benefits and legal aspects. It also discusses the forward, futures and options contracts in commodity markets. Arguments both in favour of and against these instruments are addressed and several ...