1LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
20Regulation of Islamic Finance
2--Page Break-- Introduction
21Global Islamic financial infrastructure
3CHAPTER 1: Understanding SMEs
22--Page Break-- Global Islamic financial infrastructure
4SMEs Definitions
23Islamic banking
51. Quantitative Criteria for Defining SMEs
24What is Islamic banking?
62. Qualitative Criteria for Defining SMEs
25--Page Break-- What is Islamic banking?
7SMEs distribution in various parts of the world
26Advantages of Islamic banking
8Contribution of SMEs to employment and economic growth
27Challenges of Islamic banking
91- Contribution of SMEs to employment
28The origin of the modern Islamic bank
102- Number of SMEs in the total enterprise population, in the informal economy
29The Importance of Religion in Islamic Banking
113. SMEs and job creation
30CHAPTER 3: Islamic Financing techniques for SMEs
12SMEs and Access to Finance
31Basic Islamic financial instruments
13--Page Break-- SMEs and Access to Finance
32Islamic bonds (Sukuk)
14--Page Break-- SMEs and Access to Finance
33CHAPTER 4: key elements required to unlock the full potential of Islamic finance for SMEs
15--Page Break-- SMEs and Access to Finance
34(a) Creating an Enabling Environment
16CHAPTER 2: Understanding Islamic finance
35(b) Developing the industry and markets
17Fundamentals of the Islamic finance
36(c) Ensuring financial stability
18Shari'ah law defined
37References:
19Key Shari'ah principles and prohibitions relevant to finance
