Contemporary practices of islamic financing techniques

Abstract EN

This paper examines the current practices of contemporary Islamic banks in sources and uses of funds.

It investigates how Islamic financing techniques are used by various Islamic banking institutions in different countries.

The study also takes note of significant departures and major applications.

The paper is divided into six sections including introductory and concluding sections.

Section Two presents the current common practices of Islamic banks with respect to sources of funds.

Section Three provides a survey of Islamic financing techniques with respect to uses of funds.

Sections Four and Five describe the Islamic financing techniques used in Pakistan and Iran respectively and not covered in earlier sections.

The last section concludes with suggestions with respect to further research