Contents

Dedication

Prologue

Note on Transliteration

1. The Quiet Revolutionaries of Masjid Al-Samad

2. The Nature of Money

3. The Gentler Face of Londonistan

4. The Rocket Scientists of Deutsche Bank and the Billion-Dollar Scholar

5. The Skunk Works Specialists

6. The Doomsday Fatwa

7. Standardizing the Industry: Accelerating Chaos or Bringing Order?

8. The Credit Crisis and Islamic Finance

9. When Sukuk Go Bad

10. The Regulator Strikes Back

11. Arbitraging Islam: The Great Vampire Squid Arrives

12. The Future of Islamic Finance

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Notes

Index

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