Jun 1, 2025 | Islamic Finance General
I was invited to attend a breakfast roundtable at the House of Lords arranged by Gatehouse Bank. The topic of discussion was ‘Islamic Finance: Unlocking UK Growth’ .As various stakeholders participated in the event, it was interesting to hear the different...
Jun 1, 2025 | Blog, Islamic (Halal/Shariah Compliant) Investments, Islamic Finance General
I was honoured to deliver a short workshop “Introduction to Shariah Compliant Investing” in collaboration with Nisba Islamic Personal Islamic Finance, at Streatham Hill Masjid in South London recently. The attendees enjoyed the presentation and were very...
Jun 1, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance General
In the book “Shariah Minds In Islamic Finance”, Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Daud Bakr, after discussing some of the common initial challenges in new Islamic finance markets such as non-confidence on Shariah compliance and how these early challenges are eventually...
Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance, Islamic Finance General, Islamic Finance Resources
Alhamdullilah during my time in the Islamic finance industry I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to conduct multiple Shariah Training sessions to both IFI staff and university students, as well establish an Electronic Shariah Training Module for one of the...
Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance, Islamic Finance General, Islamic Finance Resources
Our Ustad & Sheikh, Saad Alkhathlan, a former member of the Council of Senior Scholars in KSA and Shariah Board Member at Alrajhi Bank, had a dars this week in the Haram in Makkah and was asked about the best book in contemporary financial transactions.He...
Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance, Islamic Finance General
Historically regulators in many of the Gulf countries have taken a looser approach to Shariah Governance in the Islamic finance industry as compared to other jurisdictions such as Malaysia. However, in recent years the trend in the Gulf has been towards the issuance...
