Riba issues in gold investment and trading: practice of selected companies in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Markom, Ruzian, Ibrahim@Musa, Hariati
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Muamalat, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2013
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HG Finance
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49019/4/49019_-_Riba_issues_in_gold_investment.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49019/; http://nurmoh1.100webspace.net/iecons2013/iecons-website.htm

Gold was used as the most common form of money throughout history. Its role as currency is now replaced by the paper money, but gold has never stop from being the attention of human beings due to its special features that do not present in other commodities. People invest in gold because of various...