Topic: Sharia-conform Financial Products

rss-iconSubscribe to feed
Seattle from Kerry Park (photo: bala)

Islamic banking

Seattle's initiative has Muslims hopeful

Seattle’s city council is launching a programme of Sharia-compliant loans with the aim of improving the long-term prospects of the local Muslim community. Those forced to live in high-cost rental property are now in a position to consider the alternatives. By Joseph MaytonMore

Islamic banking: Investing as pleases GodIslamic banks: Bankers of GodIslamic holdings: Fraud, in the name of God
A branch of the Bank Asya in Istanbul (photo: picture alliance/Tone Koene)

Turkey

Growing Popularity of Islamic Banks

Can religious faith, God and money ever be brought into a harmonious co-existence? Yes, they can, say the acolytes of Islamic banking. Islamic banks are becoming ever more popular in Turkey, even if not everyone is particularly enthusiastic about the development.
More

Vanessa Steinmayer: "Islamic Financial System Is Not a Serious Alternative"Islamic Banking: Growing Confidence in the Islamic Banking SystemIslamic Banking: Investing as Pleases God

In brief

More

Partner Organizations

www.dw.dewww.goethe.dewww.ifa.dewww.bpb.de

Facebook

Most Recent Photo Essay

Machghara village in the Bekaa welcomes you with portraits of Iranian leaders and Hezbollah martyrs. For those unfamiliar with geopolitics, a quick glance at the billboards in the streets will reveal who Hezbollah′s friends are

Holidaying in Hezbolland

Since the outbreak of war in Syria, the entire Lebanese border has become a red zone: travellers from the West are advised by their governments to give it a wide berth. Yet once in the field, only the odd military checkpoint serves to remind travellers that tensions in the area remain high. In the Bekaa Valley, Hezbollah – the Party of God – holds sway. Wielding considerable political, military and social clout, this powerful Shia Islamist organisation is government, parliament and welfare state rolled into one. By Eric Lafforgue