Islamic Banking Unit

Islamic Banking Unit

The Islamic banking unit is in charge of conducting Shariah applied research relevant to Islamic banking. Being in contact with Islamic banking industry, the unit is continuously identifying issues that are in need of Shariah conceptualisation, adaptation and solution. In pursuing its objective, the unit selects relevant topics and form research clusters comprising qualified researchers and senior researchers with backgrounds in Shariah, Law, finance, accounting and economics, or any relevant field depending on the nature of the research. For certain researches, the unit would conduct a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) involving academicians and industry players to evaluate the research outputs and provide recommendations. The completed research would then go through rigorous blind review then approved internally by an approving committee before it is published by ISRA as a research paper.

The main research projects which have been conducted under the Islamic banking unit are as follows:

1. Banking for the Poor: The Role of Islamic Banking in Microfinance Initiatives
2. Alternative Dispute Resolution in Islamic Financial Services
3. Fatwas on Islamic Finance: A Comparative Study between Malaysia and GCC Countries
4. Implementasi Ibra’ dalam Produk berasaskan Harga Tangguh dalam Sistem Perbankan Islam : Analisis dari Segi Perspektif Operasi Perbankan dan Maqasid Syari’ah
5. Parameters of Hiyal in Islamic Finance (in Malay)
6. A Framework for Islamic Financial Institutions to Deal with Shariah-Non-Compliant Transactions
7. Critical Appraisal of the Rahn-Based Islamic Microcredit Facility
8. Instruments for Meeting Capital Adequacy Requirements Under Basel III: A Shari’ah Perspective
9. Analisis Kewajipan Zakat Emas Terhadap Pelaburan Emas Di Malaysia