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Quote smartcat Replybullet Posted: 02/Sep/2007 at 11:39am

There are worser combinations - Religion & politics, Religion & sports..

 
The basic principle of Islamic banking is the sharing of profit and loss and the prohibition of riba´ (interest). Amongst the common Islamic concepts used in Islamic banking are profit sharing (Mudharabah), safekeeping (Wadiah), joint venture (Musharakah), cost plus (Murabahah), and leasing (Ijarah).
In an Islamic mortgage transaction, instead of loaning the buyer money to purchase the item, a bank might buy the item itself from the seller, and re-sell it to the buyer at a profit, while allowing the buyer to pay the bank in installments. However, the fact that it is profit cannot be made explicit and therefore there are no additional penalties for late payment. In order to protect itself against default, the bank asks for strict collateral. The goods or land is registered to the name of the buyer from the start of the transaction. This arrangement is called Murabaha. Another approach is Ijara wa Iqtina, which is similar to real-estate leasing. Islamic banks handle loans for vehicles in a similar way (selling the vehicle at a higher-than-market price to the debtor and then retaining ownership of the vehicle until the loan is paid).
 
 
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Quote xbox Replybullet Posted: 03/Sep/2007 at 12:19pm
Religion can never be justified. All Religions have over-lived their lives. They are hardly relevant to our times. Most of the religions were evolved long long time ago, when human conditions were totally different. Although theory is timeless but practice is not & people around the world are more concern of their practices (which in my opinion, lost relevance).
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Let's have a sheyr on xbox's post..... This couplet has great meaning & is not meant to harm feelings of religious persons.
 
Usne kaha ke deen ki islaah farz hain

Main chal diya yeh keh ke ki aadaab-arz hain!

 
 
Deen= Religion
islaah= tenets
 
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Quote India_Bull Replybullet Posted: 04/Sep/2007 at 1:28am
Topic: Islamic Equity -A big challenge and opportunity
Posted: 02/Sep/2007 at 5:31pm By kulman
Yes...lots of large international banks are foraying into Shariyat-compliant investment services for ME clients.
 
Here's an old but relevant news... 
 
Arab investors do not invest in stocks of companies dealing in alcohol, conventional financial services (banking and insurance), entertainment (cinemas and hotels), tobacco, pork, Defence and weapons.
 
Cash-rich partnership firms and public limited companies in the Arab world are planning to land on Indian shores shortly. Most of them are waiting for the month of Ramadan to be over before flooding the Indian markets with "billions of petrodollars"
 
According to market analysts, stocks of oil marketing companies, cement, textiles, automobiles and pharmaceuticals would be among the best of Shariat stock picks.
 
 

Kulmanjee,

Though I started this thread, I dont invest in oil marketing companies,cement,textiles,auto and pharma !!



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Quote smartcat Replybullet Posted: 12/Nov/2007 at 11:58am

According to Shariah Investment Guidelines -

- Exclude companies if Total Debt divided by Trailing 12-Month Average Market Capitalization is greater than or equal to 33%.
 
- Exclude companies if the sum of Cash and Interest Bearing Securities divided by Trailing 12-Month Average Market Capitalization is greater than or equal to 33%.
 
- Exclude companies if Accounts Receivables divided by Total Assets is greater than or equal to 45%
 
Forget religious point of view - but are these good filters if one is doing fundamental analysis of stocks?
 
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Quote basant Replybullet Posted: 13/Nov/2007 at 12:13pm
God insight. I saw an interview on CNBC where they mentioned that L&T is the best pick according to Sariah guidelines!
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