PwC Islamic Finance blog

The spelling of Islamic finance terms from Arabic on this blog

Almost all of the technical terms used in Islamic finance, for example the names of the standard contractual structures, are of Arabic origin. Native English speakers often find Arabic hard to pronounce correctly, as it makes extensive use of the glottal stop. There is an excellent article on the glottal stop in Wikipedia at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop

The taxation of Islamic finance in major western countries

There is a growing level of interest in Islamic finance in continental Europe. In that regard, I recently spoke at a colloquium on Islamic finance at Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg on the taxation of Islamic finance, with an audience drawn from France and its neighbouring countries.