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How is a sukuk different from a bond?
Answered by the ShariaQuant team
A bond is a loan and the coupon is interest, which is why bonds are out. A sukuk is meant to give you ownership of an underlying asset and a share of what that asset earns, so your return rises and falls with it. Some sukuk in the market are structured to behave like bonds, so the label alone is not enough.
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