"This is not Credit Crisis!", October 2008 - In-depth analysis by Mansoor Durrani on the roots of the crisis and the essence of Islamic finance
Past: When Mr Warren Buffet, the richest man in the world, called some financial instruments like the Derivates and Credit Default Swaps (CDS) ‘financial weapons of mass destruction’ over three years back, few of us took notice. The world economy was on the roll. European realty and financial markets were booming. US was ‘winning the war on terror’. And rest of the world was blindly aping this mirage called ‘American Dream’ ...