Chair of Islamic Economics, Finance and Management 
Professor of Economics and Statistics
Rice University

Papers can also be downloaded from Mahmoud El-Gamal's website at Rice University

2006

"A Simple Fiqh-and-Economics Rationale for Mutualization in Islamic Financial Intermediation" 
• Download as .pdf, 162Kb

2005

"Islamic Finance in the Middle East for US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing 'Money Laundering and Terror Financing Issues in the Middle East'", Testimony given July 13, 2005 
• Download as .pdf, 76Kb

"Mutuality as an Antidote to Rent-Seeking Shari`a-Arbitrage in Islamic Finance" 
• Download as .pdf, 226Kb

"A Call for Mutualization" 
• Download as .pdf, 311Kb

2004

"An Economic Explication of the Prohibition of Gharar in Classial Islamic Jurisprudence" 
• Download as .pdf, 224Kb

"Limits and Dangers of Shari'a Arbitrage" 
• Download as .pdf, 76Kb

2001

"An Economic Explication of the Prohibition of Riba in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence" 
• Download as .pdf, 178Kb

2000

"A Basic Guide to Contemporary Islamic Banking and Finance" 
• Download as .pdf, 324Kb

"The Economics of 21st Century Islamic Jurisprudence" 
• Download as .pdf, 278Kb

Undated

"'Interest' and the Paradox of Contemporary Islamic Law and Finance" 
• Download as .pdf, 789 Kb