BRIAN KETTELL, the Course Director, worked at the Bahrain Monetary Agency for several years and has extensive experience in Islamic banking.

He has published 13 books on banking and financial markets and over 20 case studies on Islamic banking and finance. His books are all available from Amazon.

Useful Links

The following links deal with Islamic banking and finance. The course organizer would appreciate notification of any links that are not included but that might be of interest. Similarly, please report any broken links. Links to do this may be found at the bottom of the page.

http://islamic-finance.net/	Islamic Business & Finance Network. One of the most popular and active Islamic financial networks.  It publishes IBF Review, a monthly ‘print’ publication of IBF NET.
http://islamic-finance.net/journal.html	International Journal of Islamic Financial Services (an electronic academic refereed journal).
www.islamicfi.com	General Council for Islamic Banks & Financial Institutions (An international organization for banks in Islamic countries.)
www.isdb.org	The Islamic Development Bank Group. A multilateral international organization to foster social and economic development for member countries, sort of an Islamic World Bank, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The present membership of The Bank consists of 58 countries.
http://www.irti.org/	Islamic Research & Training Institute (IRTI). The Institute publishes Islamic Economic Studies (An academic refereed journal) in addition to numerous studies, books, monographs, conferences.
http://www.worldwaqf.org/	World Waqf Foundation (An Islamic international trust organization).
www.islamic-foundation.org.uk	Based in the UK, it hosts the International Association of Islamic Economics.  The Association publishes Review of Islamic Economics (An academic refereed journal).
www.iaie.net	The International Association of Islamic Economics.
http://www.aaoifi.com	Accounting & Auditing Organization of Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). The Organization is widely recognised by central banks, Islamic banks, and other international organizations.
http://www.ifp.harvard.edu	Islamic Finance Project: part of The Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard University. The Project has been organizing an annual conference on Islamic finance and economics since 1997.
www.bma.gov.bh	Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA). Bahrain is the most important Centre for Islamic financial services in the world. This site contains lots of information about Islamic Banking.
www.lmcbahrain.com	Liquidity Management Centre for Islamic financial institutions, based in Bahrain.  The Centre aims at developing and deepening the secondary market for Islamic financial assets.
www.bnm.gov.my	Bank Negara Malaysia (the Central Bank of Malaysia). The site contains data about Islamic banking in Malaysia.
www.sbp.org.pk/index.cfm	State Bank of Pakistan.
www.islamic-bank.com		Islamic Bank of Britain
Other sites of interest are simply listed below
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/ibfnet
http://www.icmif.org/
http://islamic-finance.net/
http://monzer.kahf.com/index.html/
http://www.kazi.org/
www.islamicbookstore.com
www.islamic-banking.com
kitaabun.com/shopping3/
www.halalco.com/economics.html
www.islamic-economics.com
www.islampub.com/books/econom.html
www.siddiqi.com/mns
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~elgamal/files/islamic.html
www.islamonline.net
www.islamicfi.com
www.aibim.com.my
www.islamicbankingnetwork.com
www.islamicbanking-finance.com/facts.html
www.riba-free-banking.com
www.dfm.co.ae
www.adsm.co.ae
http://islamicity.com/finance/IslamicBanking_Evolution.html
http://islamiccenter.kau.edu.sa/english/publications/publications.html
http://islamiccenter.kau.edu.sa/english/Publications/Obaidullah/ifs/ifs.html