Risk sharing in finance: the Islamic finance alternative

This review presents an analytical and thorough reading of the book risk sharing in finance: the islamic finance alternative that has been published by wiley (asia) in 2012,and authored by four well-known muslim economists and academicians; hossein askari,zamir iqbal,noureddine krichene and abbas mirakhor. the paper has been divided into several sections,a preface and concluding remarks. the preface highlights the importance of the topic that the book treatises,and the core questions that it addresses. the concluding remarks contain an overall view and few observations that can be taken into consideration in forthcoming editions.