Islamic Banking and Financial Crisis

About the Author

Habib Ahmed is the 'Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law and Finance' at Durham University. Prior to joining Durham University in August 2008, he worked at the National Commercial Bank and Islamic Development Bank (IRTI) in Saudi Arabia and taught at the University of Connecticut, National University of Singapore, and University of Bahrain. Mehmet Asutay is Reader in 'Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy and Finance' at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, and he is also the Director of the Durham Doctoral Training Session for Islamic Economics and Finance. He mainly teaches and researches Islamic Political Economy and Islamic Finance subjects; and supervises masters and doctoral research on various aspects of Islamic moral economy and finance; political economy of the Middle East; and economic development related subjects. Professor Wilson was the founder of the Islamic finance programme at Durham University in the United Kingdom where he continues to be an Emeritus Professor. He was a Visiting Professor at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies in from 2009 untill 2012 and since 2013 has been an Emeritus Professor at the International Centre of Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur. Professor Wilson was awarded the IDB prize in Islamic banking in 2014 in recognition of his academic work on the subject.