Press Clips

"Face to Faith: on the Sin of Usury", 11 October 2008 - Ann Pettifor argues in favor of the reintroduction of the sin of usury forgotten by Western elites

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them who sold doves, "And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." - Matthew 21:12-13 ...

"This is not Credit Crisis!", October 2008 - In-depth analysis by Mansoor Durrani on the roots of the crisis and the essence of Islamic finance

Past: When Mr Warren Buffet, the richest man in the world, called some financial instruments like the Derivates and Credit Default Swaps (CDS) ‘financial weapons of mass destruction’ over three years back, few of us took notice. The world economy was on the roll. European realty and financial markets were booming. US was ‘winning the war on terror’. And rest of the world was blindly aping this mirage called ‘American Dream’ ...

"In arrivo i Fondi Islamici", October 2008 - Alberto Brugnoni and Marco Mauri speak on Islamic finance and Islamic funds

Ci sono fondi che non investono in alcol, tabacco o carne di maiale. Sono i fondi “islamici”, e rispettano rigorosamente i precetti indicati dal Corano. Per questo, non investiranno mai nemmeno in armi, gioco d’azzardo o pornografia. Strumenti finanziari nati nei Paesi arabi che, ogni anno, raccolgono miliardi di dollari in tutto il mondo, Europa compresa. Solo in Italia, i fondi islamici restano alla porta: ce n’è solo uno -Bnp Paribas Islamic Fund-, e viene gestito dal Lussemburgo ...

Alberto Brugnoni, "Islamic Finance Services In Italy - an Update", September 2008 - Article on the development of Islamic finance in Italy

As mentioned in our article on Islamic financial services in Italy published in the Islamic Finance news 2008 Guide at the beginning of the year, the ‘Bel Paese’ (‘Beautiful Country’) was home in 2007 to around 1.4 million Muslims. They represented 32% of the 3.7 million foreigners residing in Italy or 2.3% of Italy’s population and evenly distributed, with 55% living in the north, 25% in the central region and 20% in the southern part of the country ...

"Islamic banking formato UE", 19 January 2008. Comment by Alberto Brugnoni on the development of Islamic finance in Europe and delays in Italy

«Fra cinque anni l’islamic banking sarà regolato uniformemente in tutta l’area euro, i tempi sono maturi, e un nuovo canale europeo verrà aperto per la finanza internazionale» …

Maria Buonsanto, "Dai Fondi Sovrani del Golfo nuove opportunità per il made in Italy", 22 November 2010 - Interview with A. Brugnoni on the importance of the use of Islamic finance as a lever of foreign and commercial policies

Consolidare la collaborazione economica coi Paesi del Medio Oriente, per accrescere gli scambi e cogliere le opportunità di investimento e finanziamento, significa anche tenere presente le regole specifiche della finanza islamica ...

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