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LARIBA Symposium 2002 Papers

The following are papers of the LARIBA - Islamic Banking and Finance Symposium at Pasadena, California, USA. To view the pages you need Acrobat Reader, to get free copy click

Riba (Interest) in The Revelations of The Abrahamic Faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam
	Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky "Money, Lending and Interest in the Torah"
	Professor John Goldingay Fuller Seminary; Pasadena, CA "Lending in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Christian Tradition"
	Professor Christopher Kaczor Department of Philosophy Loyola Marymount University "Interest in the Catholic Tradition: Then and Now"
	Dr. Munzer Kahf Former Head of Research at the Islamic Development Bank Prohibition of Riba in the Holy Qur’aan and the Tradition of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him.)
	Prof. Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi Islamic Economics Pioneer, Aligarh University & Senior Fellow, UCLA "Islamic Economics – The Wisdom of Prohibition of Interest"
	Prof. Mahmoud El-Gamal Chaired Professor, Islamic Economics, Professor of Economics & Statistics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 'Islamic' banking between literalism and rationalism."
Fundamentals of Money & Stock Market Investing
	Mr. Tarek El Diwany Director, Kreatoc Limited "Money, What it was, and what it has become."
	Mr. Rushdi Siddiqi The Dow Jones Islamic Index "Islamic finance has arrived in the US, but is it growing."
	Mr. Saghir Aslam Former Chairman, Islamic Society of Orange County "Investing in the Stock Market: Market Gyration and the Potential for the Future."
Fulfilling Basic Family Dreams: The LARIBA Islamic Financial Services to own A Car, A Home and A Business
	Mr. Mike Abdelaaty President, American Finance House, LARIBA, Pasadena, California "The LARIBA Model to Finance Your Home, Automobile, Equipment and Business
	Mr. James Carey Freddie Mac "The Story of Freddie Mac."
	Mr. Saber Salam "Freddie Mac - Opening Doors for the American Muslim Families 1." "Freddie Mac - Opening Doors for the American Muslim Families 2."
The Future of LARIBA (Islamic) Banking Alternative in the West After 9/11
	Prof. Sam Hakim Principal with Energetix (a risk management consulting firm) "Challenges and Opportunities for Islamic Financial Markets"
	Mr. Andrew Cunningham Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Moody's Investors Service, London, UK "Islamic Banking After 9/11: The Broad Perspective"
	Prof. Mahmoud El-Gamal Chaired Professor, Islamic Economics, Professor of Economics & Statistics, Rice University, Houston, Texas "The `Islamic' brand name and the future of Islamic banking."