Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research: Volume 12 Issue 5

Testing the weak form of efficient market hypothesis for socially responsible and Shariah indexes in the USA

Abbas Khan, Muhammad Yar Khan, Abdul Qayyum Khan, Majid Jamal Khan, Zia Ur Rahman

By testing the weak form of efficient market hypothesis (EMH) this study aims to forecast the short-term stock prices of the US Dow and Jones environmental socially responsible…

The impact of the board of directors and the Shariah board on the financial soundness of Islamic banks

Afef Khalil

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between the board of directors (BODs) and the Shariah board (SB) and assess its impact on the financial soundness of…

COVID-19: it’s impact in Hajj and Umrah and a future direction

Aishath Muneeza, Zakariya Mustapha

There is a misconception that Hajj and Umarah is just a worship matter and the consequences of suspending these religious gathering due to the pandemic is only limited to delay of…

On being Sharīʿah compliant in equity investments: impact of investment horizon andmarket volatility

Khaliq Lubza Nihar, Kameshwar Rao Venkata Surya Modekurti

This paper aims to undertake a comprehensive comparative analysis of Sharīʿah-compliant equity investments (SCEIs) and their non-Sharīʿah counterparts, in India, conditioning for…

Islamic social finance: a literature review and future research directions

Laura Aibolovna Kuanova, Rimma Sagiyeva, Nasim Shah Shirazi

This paper aims to study the main trends of scientific research in Islamic finance’s social aspects to clarify place, role and functions, especially in the context of increasing…

Enhancing Islamic financial literacy through community-based workshops: a transtheoretical model

Miranti Kartika Dewi, Ilham Reza Ferdian

This study aims to propose a comprehensive education model to enhance Islamic financial literacy to elevate the prominence of Islamic finance.

Mapping waqf research: a thirty-year bibliometric analysis

Burhan Uluyol, Silvana Secinaro, Davide Calandra, Federico Lanzalonga

Waqf played a powerful Islamic social finance instrument throughout Islamic history. However, the popularity of waqf declined in recent years. It is essential to understand the…

Does trust in zakat institution enhance entrepreneurs’ zakat compliance?

Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan, Hijattulah Abdul-Jabbar, Saliza Abdul Aziz

Although zakat is a principal way to redistribute wealth, a unique practice designed to achieve a sustainable Islamic economic and social system, zakat institutions and agencies…