International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 8 Issue 1

On building social capital for Islamic finance

Adam Ng, Mansor Ibrahim, Abbas Mirakhor

The purpose of this paper is to set forth seven broad recommendations and 15 specific initiatives within a four-dimensional framework for the development of social capital in…

Socio-economic justice and poverty in Nahj Al-Balagha

Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

This paper aims to present an account and discussion of Imam Ali’s view on poverty and socio-economic justice. The concept of socio-economic justice is of utmost importance in…

Determinants of revenue efficiency of Islamic banks: Empirical evidence from the Southeast Asian countries

Fadzlan Sufian, Fakarudin Kamarudin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the revenue efficiency of Islamic banks in the Southeast Asian countries. Specifically, the empirical analysis comprises Islamic banks…

Critical evaluation of the compliance of online Islamic FOREX trading with Islamic principles

Rafik Fakhry Omar, Eleri Jones

This study aims to evaluate the compliance of online Islamic FOREX products with Islamic jurisprudence principles and determines the degree of similarity or difference between…

Exploring the ethical aspects of Islamic banking

Hasan Gilani

The purpose of this paper is to look into the ethical practices of a profit-driven financial institution that is currently adopting Islamic banking and whether it can actually be…

Effect of ownership concentration on capital structure: evidence from the MENA region

Omar Farooq

This paper aims to document how does ownership concentration, a proxy for agency conflicts, affect capital structure of firms in emerging markets. Agency relationship between…

A proposed contribution model for general Islamic insurance industry

Lukman Ayinde Olorogun

This paper aims to consider a contribution model of a general Islamic insurance industry which allowed the return of underwriting profit to the Islamic insurance participants. The…