Why is interest prohibited in Islam? A statistical justification

Humanomics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-253

  Zakir Hossain, Mohammad ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Interest; Islam; Profit; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993035241     PISSN: 08288666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08288660910997610     Document Type: Article

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