Islamic Economic Studies: Volume 31 Issue 1/2 , Open Access

Family takāful purchase intentions in Bangladesh: the mediating role of attitude and saving motives and the moderating role of religiosity

Abdulla Al-Towfiq Hasan, Md Takibur Rahman

The purpose of this study is to predict family takāful purchase intentions (FTPIs) using an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) with relevant mediating and moderating…

The determinants of institutionalization of Zakāt: the case of Morocco

Hafssa Yerrou, Amina Achmaoui, Oumaima Bezoui

Muslims have several religious obligations; the payment of a defined sum to the deprived part of the society is one of their financial obligations called Zakat. The…

Justice in the workplace: Islamic principles for wage determination

Kausar Yasmeen

The objective of this study is to construct a theoretical framework concerning wage determination, grounded in principles and supplemented by conventional theories. It discusses…

Factors influencing the individual investors of Bangladesh to opt for investment in ṣukūk

Tasruma Sharmeen Chowdhury, S.M. Kalbin Salema

This study aims to identify the factors that influence the willingness of Bangladeshi retail investors to invest in ṣukūk.

The behavior of Islamic and conventional banks around the pandemic: cross-country evidence

Saibal Ghosh

Using cross-country data on the 1,000 largest global banks for 2019, the paper aims to examine the response of bank risk and returns to the pandemic.

Assessing the awareness and perception of waqf among business owners in Gombe State, Nigeria

Musa Abdu, Abdullahi Abubakar Lamido, Adamu Jibir

The literature about the dynamics of Muslims' awareness and perception of waqf has been generally scarce,especially in Nigeria. As renewed efforts are emerging to develop a new…

The Tunisian Islamic and conventional banks: a performance comparative study

Malika Neifar, Leila Gharbi

This paper aims to determine whether Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs) in Tunisia are distinguishable from one another based on financial characteristics during the…