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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.
KMI 30 Index is a stock market index on the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Pakistan of thirty companies that have been screened for Islamic Shariah criteria. The index was introduced in 2009 [1] and the base period for this Islamic index is 30 June 2008.
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 ...
We discuss a new Shariah-compliant US equity ETF, recently introduced by Wahed Invest. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Because compliance with shariah law is the raison d'être of Islamic finance, Islamic banks and banking institutions that offer Islamic banking products and services should establish a Shariah Supervisory Board (SSB) – to advise them on whether or not some proposed transactions or products follows the Sharia, and to ensure that the operations ...
The index is part of the family of S&P Shariah indices with the S&P 500 Shariah, S&P Europe 350 Shariah, and S&P Pan Asia Shariah among others. The S&P BSE 500 consists of 500 of the largest, most liquid Indian stocks trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The index represents nearly 93% of the total market capitalization on the exchange ...
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.
[Note 7] However "some Shariah-compliant hedge funds" in at least one country with a large financial sector (the United States) have created a way to short shares of stocks that has been "Shariah-certified", according to Feisal Khan. [25] It requires a "down-payment" towards the shorted stock instead of "margin" (borrowed money). [25] [38]