Islamic banking : an introduction and overview / M. Kabir Hassan, Mervyn K. Lewis - Development of Islamic economic and social thought / Masudul Alam Choudhury - Islamic critique of conventional financing / Latifa M. Algaoud, Mervyn K. Lewis - Profit-and-loss sharing contracts in Islamic finance / Abbas Mirakhor, Iqbal Zaidi - Comparing Islamic and Christian attitudes to usury / Mervyn K. Lewis - Incentive compatibility of Islamic financing / Humayon A. Dar - Operational efficiency and performance of Islamic banks / Kym Brown, M. Kabir Hassan, Michael Skully - Marketing Islamic financial products / Said M. Elfakhani, Imad J. Zbib, Zafar U. Ahmed - Governance of Islamic banks / Volker Nienhaus - Risk management in Islamic banking / Habib Ahmed, Tariqullah Khan - Islamic money market instruments / Sam R. Hakim - Trade financing in Islam / Ridha Saadallah -- Securitization in Islam / Mohammed Obaidullah - Islamic project finance / Michael J.T. McMillen - Islam and speculation in the stock exchange / Seif El-Din Tag El-Din, M. Kabir Hassan - Islamic mutual funds / Said M. Elfakhani, M. Kabir Hassan, Yusuf M. Sidani - Islamic banks and economic development / Monzer Kahf - Islamic methods for government borrowing and monetary management / M. Fahim Khan - Accounting standards for Islamic financial services / Simon Archer, Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim - Mutualization of Islamic banks / Mahmoud A. El-Gamal - Challenges facing the Islamic financial industry / M.Umer Chapra - International Islamic financial institutions / Munawar Iqbal - Islamic financial centres / Ricardo Baba - Islamic banking and the growth of takaful / Mohd Ma'sum Billah - Islamic banking in the west / Rodney Wilson