“By demonstrating through rigorous analysis the links between Islamic Finance and infrastructural development together with its contribution to domestic price stability by means of concrete country case studies across Continents, this book has confirmed Islamic Finance as an integral part of the Global Financial System. The relevance of Islamic Banking to people's well-being across both Muslim and non-Muslim societies revealed by the book should help counter both radical Islamic extremists as well as Islamophobia by promoting inter-faith harmony. Finally, while the book simplifies the complexities of the concept and operation of the Islamic Banking principles, the findings will doubtless win the confidence of academics by the sophisticated quantitative statistical tools and methodology applied to arrive at its conclusions.”