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SUMMARY:Islamic Banking & Finance – A Myth or A Reality? - Dr Mohammed A
 kram Nadwi\, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (Oxford University)
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CONTACT:Explore Islam Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:_Cambridge Islamic Sciences Seminars Presents_\n\n*Islamic Ban
 king & Finance – A Myth or A Reality?*\n\nBy Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi & T
 arek El Diwany\n\nWhen: Saturday 19th May 2012   Time: 10AM – 7PM\n\nWhe
 re: Cambridge University – Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Site\n\nRegistr
 ation: http://courses.meoc.org.uk\n\nIslamic banking and finance is a tril
 lion dollar industry and its players include major global banks and financ
 ial institutions as well as regional banks in Muslim countries. It has com
 e a long way\, from its beginnings in the ‘60s to where it is now\, even
  being proposed as an alternative to conventional finance. Notwithstanding
  its growth and popularity\, Islamic finance is not without controversy. T
 here are fundamental issues that still need addressing. This seminar "Isla
 mic Banking & Finance - a Myth or a Reality?" will take a critical look at
  the approach\, foundations and development as well as the application of 
 modern Islamic finance from more than a purely 'shariah-compliant' or juri
 stic perspective to explore whether it is in keeping with the spirit and t
 he objectives of Islam in addition to the shariah principles.\n\nThis is a
  first-of-its-kind essential seminar for finance professionals\, scholars\
 , students\, businesspeople and Islamic-finance-consumers in particular as
  well as for anyone who has some interest in this field. No prior knowledg
 e is required to attend.\n\nShaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi is from the Ind
 ian city of Lucknow and a graduate of the world renowned Nadwatul Ulama wh
 ere he studied and taught Shariah. He has Ijaza (licenses) from many of th
 e most renowned scholars of our time including Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Al-Na
 dwi\, Shaykh Abdul-Fattah Abu Ghuddah and Shaykh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. He has
  authored and translated over 25 titles on Language\, Jurisprudence\, Qur'
 an and Hadith\, including a monumental 57-volume work on the lives of fema
 le scholars in the Islamic History. He is currently a Research Fellow at t
 he Centre for Islamic Studies\, Oxford University and is widely recognised
  as one of Western Europe’s leading Islamic scholars.\n\nTarek El Diwany
  graduated in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University in 1985. Ta
 rek has worked as an interest rate derivatives dealer in the government bo
 nd market\, and as head of Islamic finance for a major financial instituti
 on based in London. In 1997\, he completed the first edition of The Proble
 m With Interest\, and in the same year launched www.islamic-finance.com\, 
 where he is now the Editor. He is a frequent speaker on Islamic finance at
  conferences throughout the world. Tarek is contributing editor of Islamic
  Banking and Finance: What It Is and What It Could Be.\n\nFor more informa
 tion please contact:\n\nMuslim Education & Outreach Cambridge (MEOC)\n\n23
  King Street Cambridge\, CB1 1AH\n\nTel: 01223 655 223 Email: mail@meoc.or
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LOCATION:Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Site\, Sidgwick Avenue\, Cambridge\
 , CB3 9DA
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