This paper empirically investigates the difference between Islamic and conventional banks in terms of business dynamics, cost structure, credit quality, and stability. It also examines the difference in the response of two types of banks during peak and trough phases of the business cycle. The...

Islamic banks cannot launch any operations and offerings unless a Sharī’ah approval is issued from their respective Sharī’ah boards. Hence, it becomes of utmost important and useful to find out the factors that affect the credibility of Sharī’ah approvals. To achieve this objective,...

Purpose The objective of this study is to present a theoretical framework, which helps ascertain the meanings of the Sharīʿah audit quality and identify the factors that affect it. Design/methodology/approach The current literature of conventional and Islamic finance on audit quality is...