Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) Indexes The Dow Jones Islamic Market World (DJIM WorldSM) Index was the first—and remains the premier—benchmark of investment performance for the global universe of Shari'ah-compliant equities. Since the launch of this global index in 1999, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index family has expanded to provide
Read MoreIslamic Finance Provides Some Light in the Gobal Financial Crisis Source: http://www.accaglobal.com/pubs/members/publications/sector_magazines/financial_services_review/archive/2009/90/islamic.pdf
Read MoreIslamic Finance Rides the Storm By: CLANCY YEATES A thriving financial sector sounds like an oxymoron these days. Even Australia's banks - among the most profitable in the world - kept a fifth of this week's interest rate cut to cushion their margins. But there is one sector that has tongues wagging
Read MoreSelected points from The Rich Islamic Economic System that would help Check Inflation 1 Hard Currency – Tied to Gold standard. Today countries artificially create currency by printing money as required. Whenever our Govt borrows money from SBP it is effectively printing the money and devaluing our currency and the very
Read MoreThe Protection of Intellectual Property Under Islamic Law By: Steven D. Jamar Source: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1148735
Read MoreIslam Forbids the Violation of Copyrights and Laws Regarding Intellectual Property Note from Professor Rafik Beekun: Many Muslim publishers, software publishers, CD/DVD producers as well as quite a few individual Muslims violate copyright and intellectual property laws by copying books, CDs, DVDs, videos, logos, designs, computer programs, etc at will, thinking
Read MoreIntellectual-Property Rights and Wrongs By: Joseph E. Stiglitz Organization (WIPO) decided to consider what a development-oriented intellectual property regime might look like. The move was little noticed, but, in some ways, it was as important as the World Trade Organization’s decision that the current round of trade negotiations be devoted to development.
Read MoreDoes Islam recognize intellectual rights? In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Intellectual property is a new issue that has no precedent in the writings of the earlier jurists. However, this does not mean that
Read MoreIntellectual Property in Islam Monday, October 12, 2009 By shark The Industrial Revolution in the 18th century was a significant landmark for the elevation of the Western ideological nations. Advances in technology, engineering, medicine, and science influenced all aspects of life, symbolising the transformation of industry and the transition of an artisan society
Read MoreIntellectual Property Rights and Islam By: Qaiser Iqbal Source: http://www.jdhr.org/publications/papers/Thesis%20Qaisar_B-IPR%20and%20Islam.pdf
Read MoreShaykh Muhammad Baazmool on Copyrights on Translations and Research, Other Matters Related to Intellectual Property Rights in Islam QUESTION What is the ruling on what is known as "intellectual property rights" (copyrights)? I ask because I have a website that I use to publish my translations of the religious verdicts of some
Read MoreIntellectual Property Rights in Islam By Sajjad Chowdhry , Mar 6, 2006 Understanding Intellectual Property in today's Muslim world business environment also means coming to terms with the Islamic perspective on the subject. As with many modern issues, diverging views are to be found in Islamic scholars conclusion on this topic with
Read MoreIslam, Intellectual Property, and Free Culture This article was written with the objective of understanding how traditional Islamic law would or does regard intellectual property, with the emphasis here and there (as relevant) to open culture and free software. I am not a lawyer, and this article was written with the
Read MoreShariah, Economics and the Progress of Islamic Finance: The Role of Shariah Experts By: Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi Source: http://www.siddiqi.com/mns/Role_of_Shariah_Experts.htm
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