This book traces the origins of Islamic insurance and provides its theoretical foundations
Both Islamic and Western origins and contributions to the system of Islamic insurance are assessed
Suitable for students of Islamic Studies at all levels, also interesting to a more general readership
The Muslim World Book Review:
The Islamic Foundation.
Islamic Insurance: A modern approach to islamic banking.
The book aims to contribute towards further understanding of the conceptual frameworks of Islamic insurance in the hope that the world community will appreciate and recognise Islamic insurance as a suitable alternative model to conventional insurance. Each chapter deals with a specific topic which is both interdisciplinary and international in scope, and all the chapters are concerned with insurance and its relevant law and practices in Islamic perspectives.]...[ Overall the book is quite persuasive on how Islamic insurance could work well globally. The author should be congratulated for this well-researched book which would be of interest to any economist and financial planner dealing with insurance. It could also serve as a text book at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level, and interested lay readers will find it a fine introduction to an important topic in the area of Islamic financial industry.