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Interest in Islamic Economics: Understanding Riba

Abdulkader Thomas (ed.)

What this source says

An edited volume analyzing riba through linguistics, classical jurisprudence, historical context, and modern economics, since the Qur'an does not formally define the term.

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Provenance

Source
Routledge, 2006, ISBN 9780415342421
Edition
Routledge Islamic Studies Series, 2006
School / basis
Comparative
Added
2026-06-03
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Topics

ribaislamic-economicsjurisprudencelinguistics

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