International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 16 Issue 6

Shariah board characteristics and Islamic banks’ performance: a meta-analysis

Rihab Grassa, Sherif El-Halaby, Hichem Khlif

Shariah board (SB) is a unique corporate governancemechanism in Islamic financial institutions. Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies discusses the relationship…

Banking system stability in the MENA region: the impact of market power and capital requirements on banks’ risk-taking behavior

Miroslav Mateev, Tarek Nasr

This paper aims to investigate the impact of capital requirements and bank competition on banks' risk-taking behavior in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Revisiting Zakat with a distribution of weighted Shapley value

Issam Tlemsani, Robin Matthews, Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim

This paper aims to extend the Shapley value (SV) into a discussion of Zakat, a Pillar of Islam. Lloyd Shapley was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2012. This study shows…

Do national culture and economic freedom affect bank risk-taking behavior? Evidence from GCC countries

Tanzina Akhter, Zairihan Abdul Halim, Saima Mehzabin, Ahanaf Shahriar, Md. Abul Kalam Azad

The global financial crisis of 2008 has put greater doubt on the bank risk-management effectiveness around the world. As a part of the response to such doubt, the Gulf Cooperation…

An aspirational hope of a Sharīʿah-based microfinance model to alleviate extreme poverty

Mohammad Khalequzzaman, Asmak Ab Rahman, Amirrudin Kamsin

This study aims to propose a Sharīʿah-based and information and communication technology-driven microfinance model (SIMM) to reduce extreme poverty in rural areas. Existing…

Islamic economics and finance instructional leadership and curriculum practices: a case study of selected public universities in Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Abdeltawab Ibrahim, Arnida Abdullah, Ismi Arif Ismail, Soaib Asimiran

This study aims to explore the instructional leadership practices implemented by academic professionals and leaders to enhance the curriculum of Islamic economics and finance…

Exploring financial inclusion in MENA countries: an entropy weight approach

Naveenan Ramaian Vasantha, Chee Yoong Liew, Ploypailin Kijkasiwat

Research on financial inclusion (FI) in Islamic countries has evolved and gained prominence. This study aims to construct an extensive multidimensional FI index to ascertain the…

Equity financing and Islamic bank stability: evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia

Norfaizah Othman, Mariani Abdul-Majid, Aisyah Abdul-Rahman

This paper aims to determine the effect of equity financing on bank stability during normal and crisis periods.

Intellectual capital disclosure (ICD) in Islamic banks: does the diversity of Shariah committee matters?

Syaima Adznan, Zulkarnain Bin Muhamad Sori, Shamsher Mohamad

This study aims to investigate the moderating effects of the Shariah committee (SC) on the extent of intellectual capital disclosure (ICD) of Islamic banks.

Predicting the future financial performance of Islamic banks: a sentiment analysis approach

Javid Iqbal, Muhammad Khalid Sohail, Muhammad Kamran Malik

This study aims to predict the financial performance of Islamic banks with sentiments of management from the textual information in annual reports.

Evaluating the technical efficiency of Saudi Arabian telecommunications companies using window DEA and AHP techniques

Amr Abdel-Halim, Mohammed Al Khars, Ahmad Alnasser

This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of the three telecommunications companies in Saudi Arabia: Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Mobily and Zain over the period of 2010–2019…