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DESCRIPTION:Feisal Khan on How 'Islamic' is Islamic Banking\, world-wide an
 d in Pakistan?Feisal Khan\, Associate Professor\, Department of Economics\
 , Hobart and William Smith CollegesIn 2014 Islamic\nfinancial assets were 
 valued at over $2 trillion\, far from their humble\nbeginning as a niche m
 arket product in the 1970s. Pakistan\, far from the global\nor Islamic fin
 ance mainstream\, was among the first to convert to an ‘interest\nfree’ fi
 nancial system in 1985. How exactly does Islamic banking/finance differ\nf
 rom conventional banking and how valid is the oft-repeated charge that it\
 nmerely ‘disguises’ interest-based transactions under an Islamic cloak?&nb
 sp\;Open to the PublicSponsored by the South Asia Center at the Moynihan I
 nstitute of Global Affairs 
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SUMMARY:SAC presents: Feisal Khan
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Feisal Khan on How 'Islamic' is I
 slamic Banking\, world-wide and in Pakistan?</b></p><p><b>Feisal Khan</b>\
 , Associate Professor\, Department of Economics\, Hobart and William Smith
  Colleges</p><p>In 2014 Islamic\nfinancial assets were valued at over $2 t
 rillion\, far from their humble\nbeginning as a niche market product in th
 e 1970s. Pakistan\, far from the global\nor Islamic finance mainstream\, w
 as among the first to convert to an ‘interest\nfree’ financial system in 1
 985. How exactly does Islamic banking/finance differ\nfrom conventional ba
 nking and how valid is the oft-repeated charge that it\nmerely ‘disguises’
  interest-based transactions under an Islamic cloak?&nbsp\;</p><p>Open to 
 the Public</p><p><i><b>Sponsored by the South Asia Center at the Moynihan 
 Institute of Global Affairs</b></i></p><p> </p><p><br></p><p></p>
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