The main focus of shariah governance for an organization is to ensure that it is comply with shariah laws and regulations. Under Islamic finance industry, industry, shariah governance is being given attention due to rapid growth of this industry in the world. For Malaysia, the authority through...

This chapter is written by Supiah Salleh, Mustafa Mohd Hanefah, Zurina Shafii and Muhammad Iqmal Hisham Kamaruddin from Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). It explains the perceptions of the internal auditors (Shariah auditors), regulators (BNM), Shariah committee, Shariah officers, external...

This chapter is written by Muhammad Iqmal Hisham Kamaruddin, Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Zurina Shafii from Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). The chapter aims to assess the gaps that exist between the requirements outlined by Malaysia accounting standards (MAS) with AAOIFI’s Financial...

Purpose – The existence of internal control for Sharīʿah-compliance promotes reasonable assurance that the Islamic financial institution’s (IFI’s) objectives are achieved in the following categories, namely, the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, the reliability of financial...