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However "some Shariah-compliant hedge funds have created an Islamic-short sale that is Shariah-certified". [238] Some critics (like Feisal Khan and El-Gamal) complain it uses a work-around (requiring a "down-payment" towards the shorted stock) that is no different than "margin" regulations for short-selling used in at least one major country ...
Wahed is an American financial technology and services company based in New York City, New York. [4] [5] In July 2019, the company launched the first exchange-traded fund in the United States that was compliant with Sharia law. [6] [7] [8] Wahed operates in 130 countries and has offices in Washington D.C, New York, London and Dubai. According ...
The Dow Jones Islamic Market Index (DJIM), is a stock market index created for investors seeking investments using Islamic finance in compliance with Muslim Sharia law.. The DJIM indices use a screening process to identify companies that are compliant with Shariah law.
In April 2015 the national Sharia board approved "Sharia-compliant currency hedging tools and a standard contract template for Sharia-compliant repurchase agreements", for example. But "weak government management (a lack of ministerial-level coordination)" and "an uncertain legal environment" have hindered expansion of Islamic banking in Indonesia.
Shariah Compliance - The fund adheres to the criteria developed by the Shariah Supervisory Board composed of internationally renowned scholars. Based on these criteria, the following businesses are generally excluded: alcohol, tobacco, pork products, conventional financial services (banking, insurance , etc.), weapons, defense, and entertainment.
Structure of simple mudaraba contract [11]. Mudarabah is a partnership where one party provides the capital while the other provides labor and both share in the profits. [12] [13] The party providing the capital is called the rabb-ul-mal ("silent partner", "financier"), and the party providing labor is called the mudarib ("working partner").
While a number of scholars (Manzur Ahmad, Hossein Askari, Zamir Iqbal and Abbas Mirakhor) have cast doubt on the shariah compliance of any kind of credit card – or at least cards that "can offer the same service as the conventional credit card" [390] [391] [392] – there are credit cards claiming to be shariah-compliant (particularly in ...
It has been listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange since 1989 and had a market capitalisation of about Rp30,660.6 billion at the end of 2011 with shareholders' funds of Rp18.3 trillion and total assets of Rp166.8 trillion. CIMB Niaga offers a comprehensive range of conventional and Shariah compliant products and services.