Studies the affiliation between the trend of globalization and the development of Islamic finance. This book offers thoughts on the future of Islamic finance in the wake of globalization.[...]
A* The core of an Islamic financial system is equity based and the banking system operates on risk and profit sharing basis.[...]
Explaining how the price of aggression is low enough that governments do not avoid conflicts, this book examines many dimensions of costs incurred by warfare and proposes a private sector solution to warfare's low cost.[...]
Since the discovery of oil, the countries of the Persian Gulf have been caught in a vicious circle. With increasing oil revenues, rulers have made self-enrichment their motivation while foreign powers have exploited the region and provided support for oppressive regimes. Early exploitation of the re[...]