Research articles.

• Institute for International Economics has published a research paper that confirms that Islam is not a hinderance to economic development. In PDF format and therefore requires a reader (such as Adobe's Acrobat Reader).
  This refutes a widely held misconception in the West that Islam is the main reason behind the backwardness in Muslim majority third world countries.
  Financial Times covered the news in this news article as well as Christian Science Monitor.
• An Economic Explication of the Prohibition of Riba in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence
  By Professor Mahmoud El-Gamal dated 28 September 1999. In PDF format and therefore requires a reader (such as Adobe's Acrobat Reader).
• An Economic Explication of the Prohibition of Gharar in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence
  By Professor Mahmoud El-Gamal dated 25 March 2000. In PDF format and therefore requires a reader (such as Adobe's Acrobat Reader).
• Failaka has a lot of research papers and presentations, as well as Fund Reports and a whole lot more.