International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 12 Issue 4

Can Shariah board characteristics influence risk-taking behavior of Islamic banks?

Amal AlAbbad, M. Kabir Hassan, Irum Saba

The purpose of this paper is to study whether the characteristics of the Shariah Supervisory Board (SSB) can influence the risk-taking behaviors of Islamic banks.

Shariah-compliant status and investors’ demand for IPOs: the effects of information asymmetry

Ahmad Hakimi Tajuddin, Rasidah Mohd Rashid, Karren Lee-Hwei Khaw, Norliza Che Yahya

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of Shariah-compliant status and the presence of information asymmetry on investors’ demand for initial public offerings…

The mediating effect of service provider expertise on the relationship between institutional trust, dispositional trust and trust in takaful services: An empirical investigation from Pakistan

Sajid Mohy-Ul-Din, Sarminah Samad, Mohsin Abdur Rehman, Mirza Zaar Ali, Usman Ahmad

This study aims to investigate the relationship between institutional trust, dispositional trust and trust in takaful products with the mediating effect of service-provider…

Sharīʿah issues on taʿwidh in Malaysia

Muhammad Shahrul Ifwat Ishak

This paper aims to investigate the current mechanism of taʿwidh (compensation) from the perspective of Shariīʿah, which is used by Islamic banking in Malaysia to deal with the…

Adverse selection analysis for profit and loss sharing contracts

Hechem Ajmi, Hassaneddeen Abd Aziz, Salina Kassim, Walid Mansour

The purpose of this paper is to determine the optimal profit-and-loss sharing (PLS)-based contract when market frictions occur.

Modeling of Islamic consumer behavior and background music regarding ambiguity in the Islamic texts

Maryam Akhavan Kharazian, Vahed Azadfar

This study aims to develop a model to analyze the effect of background music on Islamic consumer purchase behavior regarding to ambiguity in the Islamic texts.

Dana Gas Sukuk default: a juristic analysis of court judgement

Saheed Abdullahi Busari, Akhtarzaite AbdulAziz, Luqman Zakariyah, Muhammad Amanullah

This study aims to analyse the facts of the case in the judgement made by the High Court of Justice, England, UK, in the case of Dana Gas Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) v. Dana…

Factors influencing the community behavioral intention for adoption of Islamic banking: Evidence from Pakistan

Sayeda Zeenat Maryam, Mian Saqib Mehmood, Chaudhry Abdul Khaliq

Islamic banking (IB) is growing rapidly not only in Islamic countries but also in all over the world. The purpose of this paper is to stumble on the features that have an impact…

Social capital and economic performance of the Muslim world: Islamic perspectives and empirical evidence

Muhammad Tariq Majeed

The research on causes of economic performance has largely focused on economic factors. However, a simple focus on economic indicators cannot cause sustained equilibrium of…