This paper surveys developments in Islamic finance, particularly the Islamic stock market, from inception to the current period. It tries to find out how Islamic stock market has perform since inception, the direction it is heading to and whether it has changed course from its original...

Purpose Islamic microfinance is a substantial tool for poverty alleviation and economic empowerment. The paper aims at accessing the potential of Islamic microfinance for the purpose of achieving the economic empowerment in Tunisia. Design/methodology/approach A structured questionnaire survey...

Youths prefer an autonomous and independent life that is free from adult control, thereby engaging in various delinquent acts like substance abuse, rape, robbery, cultism, hooliganism and vandalism that are dangerous to the home, community, school and the nation at large. The effect of thuggery...

In 2016, the world became aware of the Chinese Communist Party’s repressive campaign against the Muslim Uyghur populace of China’s far west Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, under which upwards of one million Uyghurs have been detained in reeducation and forced labor camps. This paper...

This research is undertaken to find out the relevance and implication of social welfare interventions among Muslims in general. It is perceived that some Muslims in the study area have attached little or no importance to social welfare system especially with needy Muslims in the environment. The...

In its current dimensions, Islamic finance is known as "Shari'a-compliant" finance, which is essentially "prohibition-driven". This means that contemporary Islamic finance is focused on avoiding some key prohibitions in Islam. However, Islam is more than prohibitions, as it also has...

Purpose: The objective of this paper is to conduct an extensive literature review on Shariah Audit practiced in Islamic Financial Institutions and finding the research gap in the existing literature.Methodology: The study is based on secondary data. The theoretical framework used in this paper...