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Muhammad Saeed Babar replied to Omar Mustafa Ansari's discussion 'What improvements we would like to have in the current Islamic banking and finance system?' in the group Islamic Finance Pakistan
According to Dr. Elgamal " they seek economic and social answer in the vague financial commands of the Qur'an and Sunnah (the Qur'an does not explicitly say what the forbidden riba is, and doesn't mention gharar, the Sunnah gives some examples of f…
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Mohammed Obaidullah commented on Mohammed Obaidullah's blog post 'Islamic Financial Cooperatives: Some Findings'
A Correction: KJKS are not conventional cooperatives, but are the cooperatives providing Shariah-based financial services as prescribed by the Ministry of Cooperatives. It needs to be investigated in what way the KJKS model is different from BMTs an…
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The word banking denotes intermediation, which obviously carries a cost / margin. Hence, a wholesale / super market model best suits Islamic finance and the institution should therefore be called as 'Islamic financial institution' involved in asset…
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Mohammed Obaidullah

Islamic Financial Cooperatives: Some Findings

Below are some important and interesting findings on Indonesian Islamic financial cooperatives known as Baitul Maal wat Tamweel (BMTs). The findings are based on a sample survey of 80 Islamic financial cooperatives (BMTs) from West Java, Indonesia. My comments are in bold and I would appreciate receiving feedback on further studies that address the issues. InshaAllah I would post a full literature survey on this subject soon for the benefit of members.

1.BMTs are mostly promoted by educated per… Continue

Posted by Mohammed Obaidullah on January 10, 2010 at 1:16pm — 1 Comment

Muhammad Saeed Babar

Some Strategies for Fund Raising for Poverty Alleviation

I agree with Dr. Mohammad Obaidullah: "I guess microfinance and poverty alleviation is much more than "collecting charity and helping the destitute"; and certainly much more than "micro-lending". There is no reason why a profit-making enterprise owner should be given charity." I also agree with… Continue

Posted by Muhammad Saeed Babar on December 13, 2009 at 11:16am

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Started by Mohammed Obaidullah in Islamic Microfinance, Zakah and Awqaf. Last reply by Farhat Abbas Shah Nov. 8, 2009.

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