Abdullah Saeed

History of Sukuk: Pragmatic and Idealist Approaches to Structuring Sukuk

The relatively new sukuk (or Islamic debt securities) markets have grown to more than US

AMBIGUITIES OF APOSTASY AND THE REPRESSION OF MUSLIM DISSENT

800 billion over the past decade, and continue to grow at a rate of around 20-30 per cent per year. Arguably the first of its kind, this path-breaking book provides a highly unique reference tool relating to key issues surrounding sukuk markets, which are found in 12 major financial centres, including Kuala Lumpur, London and Zurich.

Adapting Understanding of Riba to Islamic Banking: Some Developments

Early Islam acknowledged religious diversity and offered protections for people of other religions. As Islams political and cultural influence grew, the concepts of apostasy, blasphemy, heresy, hypocrisy, and unbelief emerged to suppress dissent. Today, there are no universally agreed upon definitions of these terms, and laws against apostasy and blasphemy are used to suppress religious dissent, thwart political opposition, harass intellectuals, and incite acts of violence. Scholars who propose reforms may be imprisoned, exiled, or killed. Muslims in Muslim-majority states need to rethink laws that criminalize dissent.

Interpretation and mutability: socio-legal texts of the Quran; three accounts from contemporary Iran

After barely half a century of experience, Islamic banking has become established as a niche industry across the world, offering new and sophisticated financial products designed to be compliant with Islamic legal principles and common law. This comprehensive book explores the theory, principles and practices underpinning this rapidly expanding sector of banking.

Islam in Australia

ABSTRACT Since the advent of the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, radical changes have taken place in the views of many Iranian scholars regarding the nature of religious belief. In particular, the issue of the compatibility or incompatibility of Islams socio-legal precepts and the challenges of time and space have become a crucial matter for numerous Iranian intellectuals. This paper discusses how three prominent Iranian intellectuals of the post-revolutionary era, namely Mostafa Malekian, Mohsen Kadivar and Hasan Yousefi-Eshkevari, have put forward arguments in favor of the contingent nature of the Qurans socio-legal passages. The paper argues that these scholars challenge the notion of the immutability of the Qurans socio-legal texts, claiming that they could be applied differently depending on the specific time and place. In this sense, the paper establishes the groundwork for showing how these scholars have re-examined traditional understandings of religion in light of the new challenges that are arising in the modern world.