Opinion: UK Islamic banks should suck it up and buy UK sukuk

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Opinion: UK Islamic banks should suck it up and buy UK sukuk

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The UK’s Islamic banks have good grounds for fury at missing out on the UK sovereign sukuk mandate. But for their own sakes, they must keep faith that the deal is a dress rehearsal for something bigger, and turn up in size to buy the paper.

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