Islamic Banking Operations: Products and Services aims to give insights on Islamic banking operations as well as assists readers to understand certain aspects of its products and services. This book provides an overview about the balance sheets for both conventional and Islamic banks, the deposits and financing activities as well as the Islamic trade finance products and instruments.
The book provides comprehensive compilation on Islamic legal documents related to Islamic financial system consists of legal statutes, frameworks, guidelines, circulars and internal compliant manual covering Islamic banking, takaful and Islamic capital markets. Brief description of those documents are laid down to assist non-legal background readers in having comprehensive view of Islamic finance legal system. Few special focuses are done to Shariah screening methodologies for stocks, Islamic fund and real estate with special review on few sukuk issuances as to familiarize reader with the principle terms and conditions (PTC) of the sukuk. Islamic finance is not just a system but it is a way to achieve the spirit of Shariah i.e. maqasid Shariah in providing prosperity to the society in blessing ways avoiding all prohibited elements as stated in Islamic law.
Partnership-based was widely practised in the pre-Islamic period. The practice was so commonly prevalent among the muslim and non-muslim. This book is hoped to be of assistance to those who wish to discover the shariah contracts for partnership and the methods of structuring the current Islamic financial products and instruments through adopting either an existing Islamic contract or by combining two or more thereof. As for students and lecturers, this book is sought to be a reference for Islamic banking and finance related courses. It can also be a reference to the general members of the public who are interested to learn about the basic principles in the paramaterizing the shariah rulings for Islamic partnership contracts and to obtain issues about the Islamic banking and financial products. All readers may realize, that the first two chapters have briefly discussed the introduction to fiqh and shariah and the rule-making process of the areas in Islamic law. The main purpose of the book is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the principles and basis of adopting the shariah contracts for Islamic financial products, as well as enabling the harmonization of the Islamic financial practices into shariah parameters of each contract. Nevertheless, the basic and important discussion on fiqh, shariah and the procedure of law-making process is believed to be sufficiently covered in this book.
Islam postulates a unique link of contracts among the creator, man and society on the basis of Syariah law that directly affects the workings of the various social, political, economic, and financial systems. Therefore, to understand the way in which economic affairs and financial institutions are organized in an Islamic system, it is first necessary to comprehend the nature of this relationship. Consequently, one cannot study a particular aspect or part of an Islamic system, economics, for example, in isolation, without having understanding of the basic knowledge of Islamic finance. Islamic finance products are contract-based. This book explains Islamic finance, which refers to the provision of financial services in accordance with Syariah law in chapter one. The Syariah law is the foundation for the establishment of an Islamic banking system. Chapter two illustrates the differences between the principles of Syariah and Tabii’. Chapter three explains the Islamic theory of profit. Chapter four is about risk and uncertainty, which is known as gharar in Islamic finance. Chapter five discusses interest/riba, which is the most significance principle of Islamic banking. Chapter six explains some of the financial issues related to Islamic banking.
The book Halal Marketing: Concept and Strategies aims to fulfil the gap in the literature by encompassing all the perspectives and ethical values of Islamic marketing. This is not a spiritual enlightenment book but an outline of the practical aspects of Islamic marketing. This book presents a useful combination of Islamic concept with marketing and consumption. Various topics including fashion, cosmetics, consumption, advertising, branding, and corporate social responsibility have been covered in this book. The comprehensive themes which encompass the nexus between Islam and marketing have been covered in this book as well. It is worthwhile for practitioners and academicians to study the connection between Islam, marketing as well as sociology. The book provides knowledge not only for Muslim practitioners but also to non-Muslim practitioners. The authors of the book recognize the dimensions of Islamic marketing in practices as well as in morality. The book delivers a comprehensive guideline for the organizations when trying to customize their marketing activities and offerings products according to the Islamic consumer group. The book sheds light on the topics of supply channels, positioning, pricing, and cultural norms as well.
The Islamic way of dealing with business transactions is unique. With the guidance from Syariah principles, Muslims are prohibited to engage in any activity which can cause harm to other traders or consumers. Nowadays, Islamic Finance is accepted and is gaining popularity in the financial market environment due to its success in attracting people, especially investors from the Gulf Countries. It is also due to the rising demand from Non-Muslim investors for ethical financing and investment. This change in the financial landscape led to the idea to write this book, which gives an in-depth insight into the basic idea or concepts used in Islamic finance. Although this book emphasizes on the application of Islamic finance in Malaysia, the underlying application is more or less the same for other countries adopting Islamic finance tools. This book is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 looks at the overview of Islamic finance and banking. A thorough understanding of the function of money, capitalist economy and commonly used modes in Islamic finance and banking, such as Musyarakah, Mudharabah, Murabahah and Ijarah, are essential for understanding the other topics covered in this book. Chapter 2 provides an understanding on interest rates in the context of time value of money, price expectation and business cycles. Chapter 3 is on riba from an Islamic perspective; it looks at the definition of riba, the prohibition of riba, types and classification of riba and the difference between riba and profit. Chapter 4 focusses on the Islamic Capital Market, which includes Islamic Money Market, Islamic Banking and Islamic Insurance. The chapter shows the commonly used Islamic capital market instruments, such as Sukuk, Islamic Syariah Equity and Islamic Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs). Finally, Chapter 5 deals with Islamic Financial Institutions and Market Regulators which lay the foundation for and development of Islamic finance. These international bodies and regulators are the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) and Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOFI). The chapter also discusses regulators in Malaysia, such as Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Securities Commission (SC) and Labuan Financial Services Authority (FSA). In addition, this final chapter explains some laws in Malaysia which relate to Islamic Finance and Banking.
As the collective voice of the Muslim world and as the second largest inter-governmental organisation after the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is, without doubt, the best platform for the Muslim community, or the Ummah to address issues which have afflicted them in so many ways, be it politically, economically, or socially. Since September 11, 2001, Islam and the Islamic community worldwide has been attacked into so many unjust accusations, which is now known as Islamophobia. The basic premise of this book is that one of the main factors which caused this unnecessary prejudice, hate, and fear against Islam and the Muslim world is the fact that the Muslim community has failed to optimally harness its economic potentials to build a greater and stable political and social community which they have all the capacities to become. This book argues that one of the solutions to overcome this state of affair is for a few like-minded countries in the OIC, like Malaysia, to initiate policies and programmes of economic empowerment for the Muslim world. This can be done by enhancing Malaysia-OIC trade and investment linkages and promoting crucial sectors, such as Islamic finance and Islamic social finance. This book is not merely to provide detailed discussions on these issues based on the empirical results, but also highlighted some policy implications and provides future directions for Malaysia to play a crucial role in unlocking the economic potentials of the Ummah so that it can be strengthened further for the betterment of the Muslim world at large.
This book is organized to make it easier for students to understand its contents, which is based on nearly 20 years of teaching experience in economics. It is presented in a simple and yet in-depth format to benefit readers, especially students studying, Principles of Economics. The book provides appropriate examples in understanding issues and questions on economic studies. There are also discussion questions to reinforce the reader’s understanding.
Many students find it difficult to understand financial market concepts. Most of the recommended textbooks are written by foreign authors. This book explains the concepts and provides local examples for readers to explore and understand the subject matter better. The topics are related to financial markets, financial institutions and financial instruments. Examples are presented so that the students and anyone interested in learning about financial markets can easily understand the concepts. The main objective of this book is to enable key concepts and issues that underlie financial markets to be accessible to all. Each chapter comes with review questions to assist students and readers in checking their understanding of the subject matter.
