| With an estimated value of around $1.1trn in global assets, Islamic finance has maintained continuous growth against the backdrop of global economic turmoil across many of the conventional world markets.
Yet while their inherent conservatism and overweight exposure to low risk investment has proven a strong point for Islamic-compliant financing of real estate, as safer investments have generally out-performed the market, the ongoing lag in Shari’a rules harmonisation is threatening to stifle their full potential in the Middle East and Islamic Asia, reflects Mark Faithfull...............................................Full Article: Source
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