having reviewed the history of the islamic banking development in the united kingdom, this paper tries to evaluate the processes, rules and operational techniques used to regulate and supervise islamic banks and financial institutions in this non-islamic country. in addition, it tries to go over the iranian islamic banking system and compare it with that of england. the results of the paper sho...

one of the strong points of islamic banking, compared to conventional banking system, is the bank's sharing of both profits and losses of  funded activities in the framework of collaborative agreements. the proper implementation of partnership facilities requires respecting religious as well as financial and economic codes. as shown by the evidence, the objections made against the activiti...

OBJECTIVE to gain insight into pregnant Muslim Moroccan women's preferences regarding the content of and approach to antenatal counselling for anomaly screening. DESIGN qualitative study using in-depth interviews. SETTING participants were recruited from one midwifery practice in a medium-sized city near Amsterdam. PARTICIPANTS 12 pregnant Muslim Moroccan women who live in an area with a ...

Aristotle, who, having predated Adam Smith by 2000 years, deserves to be recognized as the world's first economist (Solomon, 1995), distinguished between two different senses of what we call economics: oikonomikos, or household trading, which he approved of and considered essential to the working of any even slightly complex society, and chrematisike, or trade for profit, which he considered se...

Universalbanks have long played a leading role in Germany, Switzerland, and other Continental European countries. The principal financial institutions in these countries typically are universal banks offering the entire array of banldng services. Continental European banks are engaged in deposit taldng, real estate and other forms of lending, foreign exchange trading, as well as underwriting, s...

The liquidity crisis in 2008 sparked interest in the role of regulation that could promote resilience and stability in the banking system. While the Public Interest theory suggests that legal policies could discipline banking activities, the Private Interest theory predicts otherwise, which impairs banking performance. The conflicting theories warrant comprehensive research, especially for Isla...

BACKGROUND We examined ethnic differences between levels of body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported and measured body height and weight and the validity of self-reports used to estimate the prevalence of obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2) in Turkish, Moroccan, and Dutch people in the Netherlands. Furthermore, we investigated whether BMI levels and the prevalence of obesity in Turkish and Moroccan peop...

Brief Description. This short paper highlights the interaction between security and usability in e-banking security and presents objectives and difficulties for studies in this field. E-Banking has undoubtedly become a key element in every modern bank's service portfolio during the last two decades. With its initial focus primarily on transactions, e-banking has now progressed towards an advanc...