Purpose: Since International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are not primarily meant for the accounting needs of Islamic banks, the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) was established to develop specific accounting standards for Shari’ah...

Purpose This paper aims to examine some issues in IFRS9 with regards to classification and measurement of Islamic financial assets. In addition, the paper discusses the Shariah concerns on the use of fair value to measure financial assets. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts...

Different from a conventional cooperative, a Shari'ah-based cooperative observes Shari'ah principles. As these cooperatives offers Islamic financial products and involves in Shari'ah compliant investment, they are bound to observe Shari'ah governance structure, transparency, disclosure of...

This chapter is written by Muhammad Iqmal Hisham Kamaruddin, Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Zurina Shafii from Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). The chapter aims to assess the gaps that exist between the requirements outlined by Malaysia accounting standards (MAS) with AAOIFI’s Financial...