For most of the people the prohibition on interest is the well known part of Islamic finance. Indeed, the concept of Islamic finance was not being discussed enough till financial crisis, after crisis it started to be seen as an alternative financial system for conventional finance. Sharing the...

Why is African financial system less developed in general and how can it impact the real economy? Is Islamic finance development instrumental for inclusive and pro-poor financial system in Africa? Does it matter in improvement of financial development impact on GDP per capita in particular? Are...

This study investigates the comparison between Islamic and conventional Indonesian banks and that by applying an approach called Efficiency - effectiveness in order to elucidate the determinants of performance of the Indonesian banking sector while placing identify factors that affect their...

For most of the people the prohibition on interest is the well known part of Islamic finance. Indeed, the concept of Islamic finance was not being discussed enough till financial crisis, after crisis it started to be seen as an alternative financial system for conventional finance. Sharing the...

Islamic banking is considered as alternative to conventional banking. It focuses on profit/loss and risk sharing, than interest based deposit/lending followed in conventional banking. Conventional Banking cherishes a long history while Islamic banking gained importance in last few decades. The...

The low level participation of the Islamic banks in mudharabah and musharakah financing models has become one of the problems in the development of the industry. This arrangements are unique to Islamic banking and account for its superiority over conventional banking on grounds of ethics and...

The continuous regressions in the per capita income of the Sudanese people have triggered many suggestions to ameliorate their productive capabilities. One of them was the facilitations in financing programs through official channels. However, there are many structural impediments that inhibit...

This study investigates whether the use of Sukuk (Islamic bonds) by Islamic Banks have impacted the performance of these banks during a financial crisis for period of 2007-2009. Data in this study was collected over the period of 2007-2009, with the study focusing on fourteen Islamic banks that...

The purpose of this paper is to survey the viewpoints of the customers to review the attitudes, perceptions towards- and knowledge of Islamic banking products and services. This paper presents primary data collected by questionnaires involving a sample of 96 respondents. An exploratory factor...

The objective of this study is to examine the effect of ownership structure and competition on risk-taking behaviour of UAE banks during the period 1998–2010. The study covers 15 national banks, including eleven conventional banks and four are Islamic banks. The proportion of ownership by...