The concept behind Islamic Banking Islamic banking is based on the principles of Islamic economics — an economic framework in accordance with Islamic law (Sharia’h). There are two types of Islamic economics: • Caliphate, the Islamic form of government representing the political unity and leadership of the Muslim world (Islamic political framework) • Assuming the […]
Dec 1 2011 | Posted in
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Jinnah’s Pakistna and the Shariah onslaught – Part 2 The long Afghan war (1979 -1991) is a recent example wherein the Islamic concept of Jihad was invoked in this part of the world to defeat the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. The post 1991 decade saw Afghan tribes and Mujahedeen created by Pakistan and USA engaged in […]
Oct 26 2011 | Posted in
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The Lahore Resolution (23 March 1940) stipulated that Muslim-majority areas “in the north-western and eastern zones of India should be grouped to constitute independent states.” The word “Pakistan” was not used in the resolution, which envisaged the establishment of two or more states. Nevertheless, six years later, a Muslim League convention in Delhi on April […]
Oct 25 2011 | Posted in
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