BRIAN KETTELL, the Course Director, worked at the Central Bank of Bahrain for several years and has extensive experience in Islamic banking.
He has published 16 books on banking and financial markets and over 20 case studies on Islamic banking and finance.
Module 1
Islam and Islamic Banking
This module is designed for participants who have little or no prior knowledge of Islam.
It describes the key areas of the Islamic way of life setting out the Islamic background to the banking modules.
It is not designed to compare different religious beliefs but simply to illustrate the unique aspects of Islam as a way of life.
Introduction
What is Islam and where do Islamic beliefs come from?
The five Pillars of Islam
Where does Islamic banking fit into Islam?
What is the role of Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) in Islamic banking?
The Sharia: the key to understanding Islamic banking
The respective contributions to Islamic banking of:-
The Holy Quran
Hadith and Sunna
Ijma
Qiyas
The principles of Islamic economics - the foundations of Islamic banking
