Islamic banking is entering the state of irrelevance, or impasse. Many countries adopting dual banking system are witnessing the growth of Islamic banking sector stagnating. Indonesia for instance is growing at single digit in 2017, much lower than its peak of 47% in 2011, or 15-20% in the last three years. The growth of innovative …
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Luqyan Tamanni
Dr in Finance & Economics, Islamic Finance Professional, Member of Komite Nasional Keuangan Syariah Indonesia, Senior Researcher of Islamic Economic Forum for Indonesian Development
The South China Morning Post, a respected daily from Hong Kong, on the 17 of May, has picked up the stance of Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia in rallying the Muslims against the latest Israel atrocities. In its comments, the Hong Kong SCMP said that the three countries have taken up the strong sentiments of its …
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Arifin Hassan
International Politics
After success with ASIAN Games, Rupiah crash to 15,000 per US dollar, the lowest point in Jokowi cabinet. In 2012 rupiah start with optimistic value 12,000 per US dollar, some analyst said that was an effect of optimistic market with Jokowi 2012 cabinet, and then what happen now? With current low value of rupiah most …
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Abdullah A Afifi
Business & Public Policy Analyst
