Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jebo How ‘Islamic’ is Islamic Banking? Feisal Khan ∗ Dept. of Economics‚ Hobart and William Smith Colleges‚ 300 Pulteney Street‚ Geneva‚ NY 14456‚ United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Islamic Banks hold well over US $700 billion in assets and are growing at over 15% p.a. Islamic Banking and Finance (IBF) involves wider ethical and moral issues than simply ‘interest-free’ transactions
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Efficiency of Islamic Banks in Malaysia Mariani Abdul Majid* NOR GHANI MD. NOR** FATHIN FAIZAH SAID ABSTRACT IN RECENT YEARS‚ MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC BANKS HAVE TO OPERATE IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THE COMPETITION FROM CONVENTIONAL BANKS PICKS UP‚ PARTLY IN RESPONSE TO THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFTA)‚ BUT ALSO IN RESPONSE TO THE GENERAL GLOBALIZATION OF MARKETS. HOW ISLAMIC BANKS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE INCREASED COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
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The Number of Islamic Microfinance Institutions in Malaysia Should Be Increased. Table of Content Page 1.0 Abstract 2 2. Introduction 3 3. Argument 1 : Offer Syariah Compliant Finance 5 4. Argument 2: Increase the Performance of Islamic Banking and Finance 7 5. C. Argument: Risky and Costly to Implement Islamic Microfinance 9 6. Argument 3: Provide Financial Assistant for Low and Middle Income Groups. 11 7.0 Conclusion
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A DISSERTATION ON “ISLAMIC BANKING IN INDIA-WHAT IS THE FUTURE POTENTIAL?” Introduction: The basic principles on which the Islamic banks function are prohibition of Riba i.e. collection and payment of interest and prohibition of investment in organization involved in unethical and socially harmful activity. the profits earned by a bank from its activities and returns made by a bank to the depositors shall be (a) from sharing of risk in the project and (b) profit-share agreements
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BASIS OF INCOME RECOGNITION FROM ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE Yosita Nur Wirdayanti ABSTRACT This paper addresses the issue of basis of income recognition from Islamic perspective. In Islamic banks‚ income recognition is very important since it will determine amount of profit that will be distributed to depositors. Begin with accounting principles from Islamic perspective‚ this paper discusses the concept of accrual and cash basis and scholar opinion about this basis of accounting. Both accrual and cash
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Towards Developing A Successful Islamic Financial System: A Lesson from Malaysia ABSTRACT The Islamic financial system in Malaysia has achieved phenomenal growth since its humble beginning in 1963 with the establishment of Pilgrimage Fund or ‘Tabung Haji’. Central Bank of Malaysia reported an average annual growth rate of 18% in the last two decades. Malaysia has been regarded as the role model amongst Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC)‚ in implementing Islamic financial system and has a strong
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“There is a gap between all the money coming in to Islamic banks and the deployment of that money into real economic assets‚” says Sayd Farook‚ the global head of Islamic finance at Thomson Reuters. “A crazy amount of money has gone into their coffers and they need somewhere to invest it.” There was a need for a bank that followed the rules and bans of certain investments and money handling‚ and this began the establishment of Islamic Banks in the 1970’s. The establishment of these banks opened a
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ISLAMIC FI A CE WITHI TRADI G FRAMEWORK: THE WAY TO LEGITIMATE PROFIT Mirza Vejzagic∗ ABSTRACT In an Islamic financial system‚ leading regulations are derived from the Quran and Sunnah. The Shariah embraces the Quranic philosophy in three magnitudes‚ explicitly Aqidah (faith and believe)‚ Akhlak (ethics and morality) and Muamalat (transactions). The latest one‚ Islamic law of transactions (fiqh muamalat) has become inevitable in contemporary Islamic finance. The main rationale could be
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1. Abdul‚ Ghafoor‚ A.L.M. Islamic Banking‚ Interest– free Commercial Banking‚ Geroningen: Apptec Publications‚ 1995. 4. A.H. Farooque‚ interest-free banking in Pakistan‚ Institute of bankers in Pakistan-Karachi‚ 1980 5 6. Ahmad‚ Ziauddin‚ et al.‚ eds.‚ (1983) Money and Banking in Islam‚ Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies. 7. Ahmad‚ Ziauddin. (1984) "Concept and Models of Islamic Banking: An Assessment‚" paper presented at the Seminar on Islamization of Banking‚ Karachi (November) 8 11
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of financial services‚ the fastest growing segment is Islamic Banking - particularly because it seeks to address needs of an underserved affinity group. Individuals and business in +40 countries with Muslim-majority population and another + 15 countries with Muslim-minority communities share a common value system. IslamiQ.com reports that as of June 2001‚ the global Islamic Banking sector manages USD$200 Billion in ways that conform to Islamic principles (called the Shariah) with a growth rate of
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