This study endeavors to explore the shock-transmission mechanism between Trade Policy Uncertainty (TPU) and the volatility inherent in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Islamic stock markets by employing the novel Quantile Vector Auto Regression (QVAR) with "Extended Joint" and "Frequency"...

This study aims to examine the Islamic banking performances of the 10 countries with the highest Islamic bank assets between 2018-2022 (including the period of Covid-19 pandemic), to observe whether different criteria weighting methods yield different results and whether there is a relationship...

The study documents the achievements of the Islamic Banking Services Industry (IBSI) in light of Islamic finance objectives (including commercial performance, financial stability, and wealth distribution). A balance sheet analysis of IBSI in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 33 quarters (2013...

This study investigates the mediating role of Green Intellectual Capital (GIC) in the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Social Performance within the context of Islamic banks in Pakistan. The population of interest comprises bank employees, including...

The Islamic banking and finance sector is experiencing rapid growth and has become a vital component of economic development strategies in many countries, including those beyond the Muslim world. This significant expansion necessitates a deeper understanding of how Islamic banking contributes to...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of environmental disclosure and corporate governance on the financial performance of Islamic banks in Saudi Arabia. This study highlights that sustainable practices are transparent with financial objectives using the religious framework...

This paper aims to explore the feasibility of establishing a digital participation bank in North Macedonia based on the principles of interest-free finance. This system has been part of ethical and equitable financial systems in the major Abrahamic religions. Thus, as interestfree finance...

This study explores how FinTech and artificial intelligence (AI) adoption shape efficiency and financial stability in dual-banking systems. It focuses on 26 listed Islamic and conventional banks across 11 countries in the MENA and Southeast Asia regions between 2020 and 2024. To measure digital...

This study compares the resilience of optimal portfolios constructed using participation stocks (i.e., sharia-compliant stocks) to that of conventional stocks on Borsa Istanbul between 2011 and 2024 for three periods when a stock market crisis occurred. The three crises are related to Gezi Park,...

This study examines the effects of Islamic finance on the resilience of Cameroonian SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. Analyzing data from 1358 SMEs using a multivariate probit model, we find that Islamic finance significantly boosts strategies like online marketing,...

The investigation into sharia hotel websites is highly relevant for Muslim tourists, particularly because the strict regulations governing their choices necessitate detailed information to aid in their decision-making when renting hotels online. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of...

This study provides empirical evidence on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) sentiment in influencing financial performance by Islamic banks. Using advanced textual analysis methods, including long short-term memory (LSTM) networks, AI and ML sentiment is derived...

This study examines return connectedness and spillover shock effects between Islamic profit-sharing rates (PSR) and conventional deposit rates (DPR) of banking sectors across various maturities in Türkiye and Malaysia. Overall, financing rates with various maturities in Türkiye act as...

The financial sector holds major responsibility in climate mitigation, as the proliferation of environmental damage within the real economy largely stems from the negative externalities of the financial economy. Islamic banking, as a subset of the global financial market, is often adjudged as a...

In this study, we aim to provide a comprehensive analysis of the risk management potential of sectoral Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) within financial portfolios. Our objectives are threefold: (i) to investigate the safe haven properties of sectoral CDSs; (ii) to assess their hedging effectiveness...

iFintech is termed as an Islamic alternative banking and financial services approach to that of existing, Fintech digital, Western democracies banking and financial systems. This Pakistan Islamic digital banking and financial services technologies (iFintech) study engages a qualitative NVivo...

Sharia product development in Indonesia faces unique challenges in terms of strategy and innovation compared with conventional products. Islamic banking managers must adhere to Sharia principles to maintain customer trust and comply with Islamic law. Compliance with Sharia principles is not only...

This study explores volatility spillovers and financial connectedness between conventional and Islamic equity stock markets in developed, emerging, and frontier economies. Four regions- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Brazil, Russia,...

This study investigates the relationship between board characteristics (Sharia boards and boards of directors) and capital structure decisions of Islamic commercial banks (ICBs). The sample consisted of 14 ICBs in Indonesia operated during 2007-2021. The data were analyzed using the random...

This study aims to uncover interdependencies between two distinctive but increasingly influential dimensions in contemporary finance, namely, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Sharia guidelines. We examine the long-term association between ESG and Sharia indices, along with ESG and...