This is a fascinating little interview with Timur Kuran, an expert in Islamic finance.
FORBES: There's Nothing Wrong With Islamic Finance As Long As It Really Is Islamic Finance
According to Aptullah Kuran, Sinan's biographer, architects would be better off forgetting the master altogether.
ECONOMIST: The architecture of mosques
One problem, says Mr Kuran, is that religiously-inspired institutions change more slowly than religious dogma.
ECONOMIST: Religion and economics
Mr Kuran's latest research looks at India over the last two centuries.
Yet Timur Kuran, a professor at America's Duke University, argues that the inheritance rules in Islamic family law may have slowed development in the past by making it harder to accumulate wealth.
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