F:\E\ISLAMICUS\2020\NO. 3\content.pmd CONTENTS * Editorial * A Comparative Study of Adoption of Conventional Banking and Islamic Banking in Pakistan. — Dr. Muzammil Khurshid — Dr. Muhammad Riaz Mahmood * Insistence in The Pre-Islamic Poetry A Study of Motives and Causes — Habib ur Rahman — Mahmood Ahmad * Corporate Social Responsibility in Pakistan: Mimicry of the West or A Milestone Guiding Consumer Behaviour? — Rashid Jehangiri — Dr. Muhammad Shafiq * Macroeconomic Indicators Contributing towards Exchange Rate Volatility: Evidence from Income Groups of the Countries — Amjad Fakher — Rana Ejaz Ali Khan * The Influence of Vincent Van Gogh’s Religious Background on His Works in the Nuenen Period — Prof. Monther Sameh Al- Atoum 5 7 19 39 61 97 Editor-in-Chief: Mrs. Sadia Rashid Editor: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saad Siddiqui Associate Editor: Prof. Dr. Nigar Sajjad Zaheer Published by Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, Bahria Town Tower, Tariq Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Telephone: (+92-21) 38244000 (Ext: 1612) Telefax: (+92-21) 38241555 e-Mails: islamicus@hamdard.edu.pk hfp@hamdardfoundation.org Websi tes: www.hamdardislamicus.com.pk [Hamdard Islamicus] www.hamdardfoundation.org [Hamdard Foundation Pakistan] www.hamdardlabswaqf.org [Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf)] www.hakimsaid.info [Idara-e-Said] Hamdard Islamicus is indexed in Scopus. Articles from this Journal are indexed in the Religion Index One: Acquisitions Specialist, American Theological Library Association, 200 S. Wacker Dr. Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. The Hamdard Islamicus is also indexed by the Index to the Study of Religion Online: A cross-searchable database and bibliography of journal articles (ISSN: 1876-6641) http://media.brill.nl/c/isr/ which is the online version of the Brill Journal Science of Religion, published by the Brill Publishers (Netherlands/USA), P.O.Box 9000 2300 PA Leiden, The Netherlands. Articles and photographs in this issue may not be reproduced unless previous permission has been obtained from the Editor. Price Inland Foreign Pak. Rs. US $ Annual 650/- 120/- Single Copy 165/- 035/- Foreign airmail registered Postage: US$20/- Payment should be in the name of the Hamdard Foundation Pakistan Printed by MAS Printers, Nazimabad, Karachi-74600, Pakistan HAMDARD ISLAMICUS Quarterly Journal of Studies and Research in Islam Recognized by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Vol. XLIII July-September 2020 No. 3 *