Toward Defining and Understanding Riba: An Outline Essay

Abstract:     
In light of the Qur'an and Sunnah, this outline paper attempts at an alternative definition of Riba from non-Equivalence perspective. It is an outline paper in the sense that the primary arguments and evidences are provided with reference to my works as well as pertinent works of others, reading which should answer most of the pertinent questions raised here.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 16

Keywords: Islam, Riba, Interest, Riba-Interest Equation, Islamic Finance, Islamic Banking

JEL Classification: B19, E49

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