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Is Islamic banking more risky compared to conventional banking?

  • Written by Mamiza Haq, Lecturer in Finance, The University of Queensland
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Islamic banks are less risky and more resilient than their counter parts in terms of bank capital requirement and mobilisation of deposits.

Somewhat perversely, the global financial crisis presented a big opportunity to the Islamic banking and finance...

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