International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 17 Issue 5

Explaining the role of integrated monetary banking system on transparency of interest-free institutions transactions: a case study at interest-free institutions of Iran

Mehrdad Leylabi, Sara Malekan, Mehdi Majidpour

The aim of this paper is to explain that what main characteristics financial technologies should have so that lead to improve the transparency of institutions and whether the…

Constructing Sukuk-linked Awqaf (endowment) model

Rifki Ismal

Islamic endowment (awqaf), particularly awqaf land, is one of the potential Islamic social assets to serve the public interest, particularly to provide public infrastructures such…

Interconnectedness between Islamic and conventional banks: a multilayer network view

Federica Miglietta, Matteo Foglia, Gang-Jin Wang

This study aims to examine information (stock return, volatility and extreme risk) spillovers and interconnectedness within dual-banking systems.

The impact of Basel III regulations on solvency and credit risk-taking behavior of Islamic banks

Khadija Ichrak Addou, Zakaria Boulanouar, Zaheer Anwer, Afaf Bensghir, Shamsher Mohamad Ramadilli Mohammad

This study aims to examine the simultaneous effect of variations in the Capital Adequacy Ratio and Credit Risk of Islamic banks of the Gulf Cooperation Council under the influence…

Sand or grease effect? The impact of Islamic banking on the social mission of microfinance institutions

Md Imran Hossain, Adamu Jibir, Md Aslam Mia, Musa Abdu, Swati Chauhan

Islamic banking and microfinance institutions (MFIs) share the core objective of serving the underprivileged. This study aims to investigate whether Islamic banking development…

The impact of the CEO’s Islamic religiosity on tax aggressive behavior in family firms

Luai Abu-Rajab, Tensie Steijvers, Maarten Corten, Nadine Lybaert, Malek Alsharairi

The authors investigate the influence of CEOs’ Islamic religiosity on the level of tax aggressiveness within private family firms. In addition, this study aims to explore the…

Whistleblowing likelihood scale in the lights of Kohlberg and Maqasid Shariah

Hamdy Abdullah, Fahru Azwa Mohd Zain, Sheikh Ahmad Faiz Sheikh Ahmad Tajuddin, Nurul Aisyah Awanis A Rahim, Hazrin Izwan Che Haron, Muhammad Takiyuddin Abdul Ghani

The purpose of this study is to develop a new whistleblowing scale considering the conventional and Islamic perspectives in combating corruption. Whistleblowing has received great…

Oil market volatility and foreign ownership: the case of Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman Alhassan, Lakshmi Kalyanaraman, Hanan Mohammed Alhussayen

This study aims to evaluate the resource curse hypothesis in an oil-dependent economy, Saudi Arabia, through examining the impact of oil price volatility on foreign ownership…

Stock market effects of military conflicts on defence industry

António Miguel Martins

This paper aims to examine the short-term market reaction for the world’s 100 largest listed defence firms at and around the three recent largest threats to the global economy  

Are Islamic banks really resilient to crises: new evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

Abdelaziz Chazi, Ali Mirzaei, Zaher Zantout

Proponents of Islamic banking believe that this banking model is relatively superior in times of financial crises. This study aims to examine whether Islamic banks were more…

Factors affecting financial engineering and product development in Islamic Financial Institutions

Surayyo Shaamirova, Mehmet SARAÇ

This study aims to analyze Islamic financial institutions’ (IFIs) current financial engineering and product development procedures.