Islamic trade finance ‘is lost in transaction’
Omar Ibn al-Khattab, ruler of a nascent Islamic empire in the seventh century, once convened a meeting in Madinah to admonish his subjects “for avoiding trading and leaving the markets in the hands of the foreign traders”. The story underscores the importance given by Islam to real economic activity, said…
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