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Introduction No one can deny the presence of Islamic economics and especially Islamic Banking and Finance. Since the 1960s, Islamic economics began as a ‘movement’, with ideals and higher goals to improve the condition of the ummah at a time when the ummah was just rising from centuries of slumber. With political independence after WW2, Muslim

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