help. ABSTRACT: This research is conducted just to explore that what are the issues and challenges as also what opportunities are there for the Islamic banks in Pakistan. As Pakistan is a Muslim country and the main population is of Muslims, there is a great importance of Islamic banking in this country and people are getting aware of this financial system. But the main challenge here that is faced by the Islamic banking is that Pakistan govt. is supporting conventional banking more. For this
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Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 13 (Research in Contemporary Islamic Finance and Wealth Management): 98-102, 2013; ISSN 1990-9233 © IDOSI Publications, 2013 DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.13.1888 The Concept and Challenges of Islamic Pawn Broking (Ar-Rahnu) 1 S. Hisham, 1S. Abdul Shukor, 1A.B. Ummi Salwa and 2Kamaruzaman Jusoff 1 Faculty of Economics and Muamalat, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Bandar Baru Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia 2 Department of Forest Production
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1997. CIMB bank, as a major player in this industry, has faced a lot of challenges from local and international. As a growing bank in that time, CIMB bank has struggled hardly to become the best financial institution in Malaysia. In recent years, the government has liberalized the banking industry, which allows more foreign financial institutions to start their business here. This has increased the level of competition within the industry and in fact, has affected the position of CIMB bank as one of
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Introduction Unlike conventional economics which focuses on profit maximization, the Islamic economic system aims at the “study of human falah achieved by organising the resources of earth on the basis of cooperation and participation (Akram Khan, p.55).” In other words, the Islamic economic system aims at attaining Allah s.w.t’s pleasure, while pursuing economic activities within the boundaries of the Islamic shariah. The Islamic shariah puts a heavy importance on the well being of the community and social
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Research Vol. 1 No. 6 June 2013 SHARIAH GOVERNANCE FOR ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKET: A STEP FORWARD Nawal Kasim Accounting Research Institute, Faculty of Accountancy UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia Sheila Nu NuHtay Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Malaysia Syed Ahmed Salman PhD. Candidate and research assistant at Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Sponsored or supported
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Is Basel III a better support to Islamic banks than Basel II? International Interdisciplinary Conference On Changes, Challenges and Consequences In Commerce, Engineering, Technology and Social Science. Institute of Business Management and Research, Chakan & Choice Institute of Management Studies and Research, pune, 15th March, 2014. Dr. Atmaram palnitkar Research Guide& Principal of Dayanand College OF Commerce, Latur. palnitkarav@rediffmail.com&9423347478 Abdul-Jabbar Qasem
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Is Islamic Finance A Solution to the Financial Crisis? | Is Islamic Finance A Solution to the Financial Crisis? Lecturer Ms Tahira Jaffery Prepared by Mohammed Haider Hassan Mohammad Javed Najwat Rehman Mehdi Maloof December 30, 2009 Contents THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL MELTDOWN AND ITS IMPACT ON PAKISTANS ISLAMIC BANKING SECTOR 4 The Root of All Cause: What Caused the Financial Crisis? 4 THE ISLAMIC
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such as roads, bridge, dam, and tunneling project. Besides, a statistical data recorded by Bank Negara Malaysia in the year 2014 revealed that financing through the Istisna’ is only RM960 million from a total of RM314,190.2 million. So, in this case, it shows that the level of utilization of Istisna’ in construction is still low in Malaysia. It could be that construction players are not aware of the Islamic project finance model offered or how it could be used to improve value for money and affordability
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Bursa Malaysia through Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad (BCHB). In 2004, the CIMB Group began the process of creating a strong and competitive universal bank anchored by Commerce International Merchant Bankers (CIMB), Malaysia’s largest investment bank. In line with CIMB's forward thinking philosophy, CIMB has acquired stakes in international banks and these subsidiaries have been integrated into the CIMB Group making the CIMB Group the leader in investment banking in Southeast Asia. The majority
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2. History The history of Islamic Banking in Saudi Arabia dated back in 1926 when Saudi Arabia was declared as a state and during King Abdul Aziz’s rules, one of his major challenges was to create a stable monetary system. The government of Saudi Arabia at the time had troubles with the monetary system and hence the General Finance Agency was created in 1932 to assist in the economic structure. The agency act as a medium for monetary proceedings, collecting incomes, manufacture of coins, handling
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