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...

Purpose This study aims to develop a Sharīʿah-compliance rating mechanism for the Islamic financial services industry (IFSI), with a special focus on banking. The banking sector is taken as the area of focus due to its leadership role in the volume of global Sharīʿah-compliant assets....

This lecture was delivered in ICMAP Islamabad [February 12, 2013], ICMAP Lahore [March 2014] and IFAP-FSM [March 2014]. It includes following subtopics: Why Islamic Finance? What are the principles of Islamic finance? What are features of Islamic banking? How Islamic banking developed (a brief...

Islamic Banking is growing at a rapid speed and has showed unprecedented growth and expansion in last two decades in spite of mismatching of existing financial framework and business practices. By the end of 2012 volume of assets under Islamic finance has reached to US $ 1,460 Billion with...

Islamic Capital Markets-ICMs, featured as socially responsible investments, less levered, and more reflective of the real sector, is a recent development in financial markets, with impressive growth and offer the potential for portfolio diversification benefits. This study is conducted on the...

Purpose: This study presents an analysis of current practices of Islamic mortgages in the light of the principles of Islamic financial system, to document divergences—if any. A subsidiary goal is to develop an Islamic Mortgage Model (IMM) based on Musharakah principles.Methodology: We document...