Islamic finance is a relatively new business segment, however, shown promising results so far. In addition to banking services, Islamic finance has started penetrating in other sectors including capital market and insurance. This study is conducted to evaluate a newly emerging Takaful sector in...

This paper scrutinizes the ethicality of Islamic banks’ (IBs’) business model by employing the ‘objectives of Islamic law’ (Maqāsid al-Sharī’ah). This necessitates developing an ethical framework to construe two primary injunctions of Islamic finance, namely ribā and gharar. The...

This study proposes a renewal of the contemporary Islamic banking Murabaha financing model as it aggravates financial fragility with waning economic efficiency. We adapt the working capital framework of successful US companies like Amazon and Walmart and model an innovative Murabaha facility as...