Islamic Banking Divides Nigerian Religious Leaders
Nigeria is introducing Islamic banking to bring more of the nation’s estimated 70 million Muslims into the economy. But many prominent Christian leaders say it will further inflame religious violence....
View ArticleIslamic Banking Gaining Foothold in Nigeria
The banking sector in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has hardly had time to digest the “Guidelines on Shariah Governance for Non-interest Financial Institutions in Nigeria” and the...
View ArticleModes of Islamic Finance
The Modes of Islamic Finance are mentioned bellow: Murabaha Literally it means a sale on mutually agreed profit. Technically, it is a contract of sale in which the seller declares his cost and profit....
View ArticleIntroduction To Islamic Banking
The thrust for Islamic Banking is founded on the desire to submit to the Divine Instructions on all transactions, particularly those involving exchange of money for money. However, it would be quite...
View ArticleConventional and Islamic Banking
The first Islamic bank was founded in Egypt in 1963. Founding of that and other banks that committed to operation on the Shari’ah principles (Islamic religious law that strictly forbids operation with...
View ArticleUnderstanding Islamic Banking: Prospects and Challenges
While the global crisis is casting its shadows on Europe, and the Islamist appeal is gaining more ground in Arab countries, the appetite for Islamic banking is growing stronger among customers and...
View ArticleIslamic Banking in Nigeria Will Address Financial Deficit – Jaiz Bank MD
Despite the many controversies that surrounded the introduction of Islamic banking in Nigeria, it has come to stay and will address various financing deficits that have hindered the growth and...
View ArticleNigerian Islamic Banking
Islamic banking has the same purpose as conventional banking except that it operates in accordance with the rules of Sharia, known as Fiqh al-Muamalat (Islamic rules on transactions). The basic...
View ArticleA Nigerian Approach to Islamic Banking
All that we had borrowed up to 1985 was around $5 billion, and we have paid about $16 billion; yet we are still being told that we owe about $28 billion. That $28 billion came about because of the...
View ArticleHow Does Islamic Finance Differ from Conventional Finance?
First of all both forms of financing share identical goals of providing credit and financial services to individuals and businesses and operate with the aim of making profit. It is the means of making...
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