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Book Review: Takaful and Islamic Cooperative Finance: Challenges and Opportunities: S. Nazim Ali and Shariq Nisar (Editor), Reviewed by: Umar Farooq مراجعة علمية لكتاب: التكافل والتمويل التعاوني الإسلامي: التحديات والفرص: س. ناظم علي وشارق نزار - مراجعة: عمر الفاروق

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The Geneva Association, an international think tank of insurance in its November 2014 report “The Global Insurance Protection Gap: Assessment and Recommendations” highlights the extent of global underinsurance and the root causes for the same. According to the report, approximately four billion people or nearly 55 percent of the global population is still uninsured owing to multiple factors including low levels of risk awareness and risk culture, affordability for lower income households and small and medium enterprises, immature regulatory and legal framework especially in developing and emerging economies, cultural and religious reservations towards the concept of insurance (especially among the followers of Islam) among others. Tak?ful (insurance based on Islamic Shariah principles) and Islamic cooperative finance, based upon the principles of mutuality and risk sharing, has the potential to play a pivotal role in providing insurance cover to both un-served and underserved sections of the society. The book titled “Takaful and Islamic Cooperative Finance: Challenges and Opportunities” provides a critical assessment of various tak?ful models and the current practices of Islamic cooperative finance. It further touches upon the key role cooperative finance can play in efficiency and stability of the broader financial system. تبرز جمعية جنيف ، وهي مؤسسة بحثية دولية متخصصة في مجال التأمين في تقريرها الصادر في نوفمبر 2014 بعنوان "الفجوة العالمية في حماية التأمين: التقييم والتوصيات" ، مدى التأمين الشامل والأسباب الجذرية لنفسه. وفقا للتقرير ، ما يقرب من أربعة مليارات شخص أو ما يقرب من 55 في المئة من سكان العالم لا يزال غير مؤمن بسبب عوامل متعددة بما في ذلك مستويات منخفضة من الوعي بالمخاطر وثقافة المخاطر ، والقدرة على تحمل تكاليف الأسر ذات الدخل المنخفض والمؤسسات الصغيرة والمتوسطة ، والإطار القانوني والتنظيمي غير الناضج وخاصة في الاقتصادات النامية والناشئة ، التحفظات الثقافية والدينية تجاه مفهوم التأمين (خاصة بين أتباع الإسلام) وغيرها. إن التكافل (التأمين المستند إلى مبادئ الشريعة الإسلامية) والتمويل التعاوني الإسلامي ، المبني على مبادئ التبادل وتقاسم المخاطر ، لديه القدرة على لعب دور محوري في توفير تغطية تأمينية لكل من قطاعات المجتمع غير المخدومة والمحرومة. يقدم الكتاب الذي يحمل عنوان "التكافل والتمويل التعاوني الإسلامي: التحديات والفرص" تقييماً نقدياً لمختلف النماذج التكميلية والممارسات الحالية للتمويل التعاوني الإسلامي. كما يتطرق إلى الدور الرئيسي الذي يمكن أن يلعبه التمويل التعاوني في كفاءة واستقرار النظام المالي الأوسع

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  • Umar Farooq, 2017. "Book Review: Takaful and Islamic Cooperative Finance: Challenges and Opportunities: S. Nazim Ali and Shariq Nisar (Editor), Reviewed by: Umar Farooq مراجعة علمية لكتاب: التكافل والتمويل التعاوني الإسل," Book reviews and book reports published in the Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics. 105, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute..
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:jkaubr:105
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.30-1.12
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    1. S. Nazim Ali, 2008. "A Roadmap for Making Islamic Finance Sources More Accessible The Role of Secondary Services in the Dissemination of Research خارطة الطريق لجعل مصادر التمويل الإسلامية أيسر منالاً دور الخدمات الثانوية ," Papers and books based on the proceedings of the Conferences organized by the Islamic Economics Institute, KAAU. 50, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute..
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