Travelling the Wrong Road Patiently Fundamental re-evaluations are needed if Islamic banking is to be of benefit to the Muslim world The Great Islamic Mortgage Caper? If you want to buy a house with an Islamic mortgage, what are the options, and what are the consequences? Fractional Reserve Banking Commercial banks create money out of nothing and then lend it at interest. As a result, most societies live in debt while the banks grow rich and powerful ... Islamic Banking isn't Islamic They tell you it's "Islamic" ... but is it really? Fortune Favours the Bankers How much profit are the banks making compared to other industries? A Debate on Money All the key issues from a lengthy on-line debate ... Islamic Derivatives? Key issues, from someone who used be a derivatives dealer ... Don't Mention the Reserve Ratio The ECB is forcing Europe to use interest-based money ... About interest-based money The consequences for our economic and social life of the interest-based financial system ... The Other Kind of Terrorism Five million African children die every year because of economic terrorism. That's one 9/11 every five hours. Bank Lending and Property Prices How lending practices shape the performance of the residential property sector ... Viability of the Islamic Dinar The transition to, and implications of, a monetary system based on gold Speculation Speculation involves wealth transfer, not wealth creation ... Discounting and Pollution Interest encourages commercial practices that are destroying our environment ... Return of the Dark Ages Fighting the financial establishment ... Step by Step you shall Follow Them Just like the Jews and the Christians, the Muslims are making usury halal ... Entropy and Interest The contradiction between physical wealth that rots to nothing, and loans at interest that grow towards infinity ... Shaken to the Foundations A shallow adoption of Islamic contractual structures does not address the injustices of interest-based home finance ... Breakthrough in Islamic Alcohol A historic breakthrough in the Islamic alcohol industry was annnounced at a recent gathering of industry experts. Our staff correspondent reports. Interview With Dr. Abdul Iwanto Bewestern One of the world's leading Islamic bankers talks frankly about his life and loves ... Debtors' Lament A poetic history of 300 days Thus Did Power Pass From Kings A poetic history of the last 300 years The Lizard Hole Our occasional comic strip A Soil of Our Own A strategy for Islamizing Islamic banking and finance The Islamic Mortgage A discussion on Islamic home mortgages by Sheikh Haitham Al-Haddad and Tarek El Diwany. Subverting the Islamic Ban on Usury Article from the Financial Times, 14 July 2006 A Discussion With Professor Siddiqi The text of an email dialogue with Professor Nejatullah Siddiqi on the subject of Islamic banking and commodity money Questions for the Scholars An extensive discussion of the problems inherent in the current approach to "Islamic" banking and finance.