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On Murābaḥah in conventional clothing

Joe Bradford

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A Murābaḥah whose price is calibrated to LIBOR, whose payment schedule mirrors amortization, whose default mechanism penalizes time-value-of-money, and whose customer relationship is identical to a conventional mortgage is not a Murābaḥah. It is a conventional loan in Arabic clothing. Calling it ḥalāl does not make it so.

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On Contemporary Mortgage Products
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Comparative
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2026-05-22
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