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Islamic banking and finance has its own products and services that differ from conventional banking. [1][2] These include Mudharabah (profit sharing), Wadiah (safekeeping), Musharakah (joint venture), Murabahah (cost plus finance), Ijar (leasing), Hawala (an international fund transfer system), Takaful (Islamic insurance), and Sukuk (Islamic ...
Sharia Board. A Sharia Board (also Sharia Supervisory Board, Advisory Board or Religious Board) [1] certifies Islamic financial products as being Sharia -compliant (i.e. in accordance with Islamic law). [2] Because compliance with Sharia law is the underlying reason for the existence of Islamic finance, Islamic banks (and conventional banking ...
Islamic banking, Islamic finance (Arabic: مصرفية إسلامية masrifiyya 'islamia), or Sharia-compliant finance[1] is banking or financing activity that complies with Sharia (Islamic law) and its practical application through the development of Islamic economics. Some of the modes of Islamic finance include mudarabah (profit-sharing and ...
Finance, Member of Islamic Development Bank Group. Founded. 1429H, 2008G. Headquarters. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Website. www.itfc-idb.org. The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) aims to develop and expand intra- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation trade.
Islamic International Ratings Agency. The Islamic International Ratings Agency (IIRA) is a financial rating agency that evaluates capital markets and the banking sectors of predominantly Muslim countries around the world. [1] Its methods involve a rating spectrum that includes a full array of capital instruments and specialty financial products.
Islamic finance would mean greater financial discipline than debt-based financing because it is tied to real assets. This discipline would mean greater economic stability. [308] [309] Mirakhor and Krichene [310] argue that interest charges on debts lead to the creation of a secondary market for debt. This leads to debt changing hands, multiple ...
History of Islamic economics. Between the 9th and 14th centuries, the Muslim world developed many advanced economic concepts, techniques and usages. These ranged from areas of production, investment, finance, economic development, taxation, property use such as Hawala: an early informal value transfer system, Islamic trusts, known as waqf ...
The IFSB was founded by "a consortium of central banks" and the Islamic Development Bank in 2002 and began operations on 10 March 2003. [7] [8] The country of its location, Malaysia, passed a special law the same year —the Islamic Financial Services Board Act 2002—giving the IFSB the usual "immunities and privileges" international organizations receive.