...Islamic Money Market Definition Most of the firms, company and individuals are seeking for the pure markets, which eliminate interest and other prohibited products. In consequence to this, Malaysia especially Central Bank of Malaysia has made an effort of making the Islamic Money Market as one of the vital market as compared to conventional money market. The underlying philosophy of the Islamic Money Market is to further strengthen the institutional structure of Islamic banking operations. Achieve through channeling surplus liquid resources for investment, and to meet short term liquidity needs. Market for trading short term Islamic Instruments that are liquid but also offer a return on the investment. Market also provides a pricing mechanism or platform form trading these instruments by communicating information to all participants. All instruments are “asset based” and therefore shariah compliant. The Islamic Money Market refers to the market where the activities are carried out in ways that do not conflict with the conscience of Muslims and the religion of Islam. Instruments in the Islamic money market shall be adhered to principles established by the Shari'ah or the Islamic law as revealed in the Qur'an and Sunnah. In Islam, it is required that all products involve in the sale and buying (including the instruments in the financial markets) shall be from the ethical sectors or in other words, the profits gained shall not be in or from the prohibited activities. These...
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...Islamic money market Based my reading, I founded that most of the stakeholder are seeking for the pure markets, which eliminate interest and other prohibited products. For this reason, Bank Negara Malaysia has made some effort of making the Islamic Money Market become one of the vital and important markets as compared to conventional money market. In addition, I mentioned that the conventional money market or Islamic money market both them have the same characteristics, purposes, and aims. However, there are some point that can differentiate between them is the instruments allowed in the Islamic money market are restricted to certain circumstances and conditions. The Islamic Money Market is one of the financial markets that all the activities are involved or carried out in a ways that do not conflict with the conscience of Muslims and the religion of Islam even Shari’ah principle. The all Instruments involved in the Islamic money market should be adhered and complied to principles established by the Shari'ah or the Islamic law as revealed in the Qur'an and Sunnah. In Islam, it is required that all products involve in the sale and buying (including the instruments in the financial markets) shall be from the ethical sectors or in other words, the profits gained shall not be in or from the prohibited activities. These prohibited activities include alcohol production, gambling, pornography, interest-base (riba) sector and should be free from the interest-based debt. The Islamic...
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...Business, governments and financial institutions get chances to finance their short term cash needs by using money market instruments. They are fixed-income securities with maturities in a year or less make them extremely liquid. They issue discount to their face value and provide a high degree of safety because the issuers commonly come from the highest credit rating. They are many instruments listed in Islamic Money Market in Malaysia. Mudharabah Interbank Investment (MII) is one of the instruments which focusing on profit sharing in a day-to-day basis, or at weekends for three days. The deficit Islamic bank institutions can also invest money and make investment from the help of surplus Islamic bank institutions. Deficit must be financed...
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...Islamic Banking Malek Alraddadi 02-24-2014 FIN-610 Introduction This study debates upon the history of Islamic banking. What are the ethical issues involved in the implementation of Islamic banking. Since the birth of Islam what type of steps are taken and by whom these measurements were taken. Besides this this paper also declares the response and customers point of view regarding Islamic banking with the help of different studies. History of Islamic banking The term Islamic banking got regular in the 1960's, however the systems and thoughts of the framework were suggested and operated since the beginning of Islam. Numerous studies and explores have indicated that Islamic money components were utilized within the Muslim world all around the Middle Ages; in leading exchange and business exercises. Charging investment on credits was not regular in those days. The first run through investment bearing credits were generally utilized within the Muslim world, particularly in the Middle East, was throughout the Ottoman Empire's governed in the fifteenth century. Mehmet Ebusuud Efendi, the senior Islamic minister of the Ottoman Empire, issued a fatwa (decision) permitting the charging of investment and thinking of it halal (allowable) as long as it was underneath 10%. Despite the fact that it was clear in The Holy Quran that investment was strictly disallowed, practically nobody could challenge the senior Islamic priest's decision since testing him might mean testing the...
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...RISK MANAGEMENT IN ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE: THE ARAB FINANCE HOUSE EXAMPLE Bilal A. Fleifel A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration Cameron School of Business University of North Carolina Wilmington 2009 Approved By Advisory Committee Howard Rasheed Cetin Ciner William H. Sackley Chair Accepted By DN: cn=Robert D. Roer, o=UNCW, ou=Dean of the Graduate School & Research, email=roer@uncw. edu, c=US Date: 2010.01.21 15:02:51 -05'00' ________________________ Dean, Graduate School TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................... ii ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................ vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................. vii DEDICATION .................................................................................................................. viii LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................. ix LIST OF FIGURES...............................................................................................................x GLOSSARY .............................
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...* Principles of Islamic banking Islamic banking refers to a system or banking activity that is consistent with the Islamic jurisprudence [arab. fiqh] based on the principles of the Sharīʿah. Literally, it may be translated with “Path to the water of source”, rendering the “right” way that Allah has carved out for all Muslims. Main sources of the the Sharīʿah are the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Basic aims of the Sharīʿah are the spread of wisdom and welfare through transferring faith including beliefs and practices. In addition, in the past centuries Islamic religious scholars and jurists have been developing its practical application [arab. fatwa] to a system of instructions; some of them find their way into the constitutions of Arabic countries like Kuwait. Today Islamic jurisprudence is a code of conduct that on the one hand regulates the relationship between Allah and the mankind [arab. ʿibādāt] and on the other hand the economic and interpersonal relationship between individuals [arab. mu’amāt]. Since the entire legal framework of Islamic banking is codified in the Sharīʿah, every Islamic bank in the GCC region and the majority of the remaining Islamic banks worldwide have an in-house Sharīʿah -board that audits the compatibility of the banks’ products and services with the restrictions imposed by the Islamic law. In the following, the main principles of Islamic banking are explained. * Prohibition of riba, gharar and maysir (Qur’an 4:161) The first and most important feature...
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...1. Islamic banking is banking activity that is consistent with the principles of Sharia- Islamic law and participates actively in achieving the goals and objectives of an Islamic economy. Sharia prohibits the interest-based transactions and Investing in businesses that provide goods or services considered contrary (vrazrez) to Islamic principles, for example alcohol, pork, gambling (igra na birze,azartnaja igra), or businesses that produce media such as gossip columns or pornography. The aim of this is to engage in only ethical investing, and moral purchasing. 2. Interest-free banking seems to be of very recent origin. The earliest references to the organisation of banking on the basis of profit sharing rather than interest are found in 1946. In the next two decades interest-free banking attracted more attention, partly because of the political interest it created in Pakistan and partly because of the emergence of young Muslim economists. In The early 1970s were held several conferences on Islamic Economics and banking. The involvement of institutions and governments led to the application of theory to practice and resulted in the establishment of the first interest-free banks. The Islamic Development Bank, an inter-governmental bank established in 1975, was born of this process. It was set up with the mission to provide funding to projects in the member countries. The efforts undertaken in the 1980’s to Islamize the economy at national level are considered as pioneering...
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...door for the banks run in accordance with Islamic rules and regulation. First Islami Bank started the banking system that runs according to Islamic rules and regulations. Then some other Islamic banks also started business. Currently some banks even the foreign bank like H.S.B.C and Standard Chartered bank open their Islamic banking section. Theses banks are doing these because most of the people of our country are sensitive to their religion. Banks want to do business by utilizing their sentiment. Different factor can lead the customer towards Islamic banking like interest is prohibited in Islam. Another factor can be people want to deposit their money in those banks that do not give loan to those businesses that is not permitted in Islam. Banks having the provision of giving interest free loan to the needy people of the society which is called ‘Quard E Hasan’ in Islam can also lead the customer to those banks. Many religious programs telecasted in different channels become very popular in our country that may also influence the customers to switch. So in this study we will identify some factor that may responsible for customer switchover to Islamic banks and try to discover whether these factors really responsible for the customer switchover. 1.2 Problem statement: Now a day’s many non Islamic banks are opening Islamic banking section. It is an observed phenomenon that the banks are doing that because there is a huge market for Islamic banking in Bangladesh because the people...
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...Benefits The idea of Islamic banking was initiated and brought up by some economists who were conscious about socio economic development of Muslim nations based on Islamic principles. It was based on noble vision and objective of Islamic banking base on profit and loses sharing principle. The foundation of Islamic banking theory that they proposed was based on mudaraba and musharakah contracts as mechanism to operate Islamic banking system. “The early contributions on the theory of Islamic banking were only discussed as part of the subject in Islamic economic system. For example, the book by Qureshi on Islam and the Theory of Interest (Qureshi (l946)) which looked upon banking as a social service that should be sponsored by the government like other public institutions such as public health and education.2 His view was based on the point that the bank could neither pay any interest to account holders nor charge any interest on loans advanced. He also suggests the possibility for both Islamic banks and entrepreneur to create a partnership. No mention was made of profit-sharing.” Other economists were come up with different ideas at earlier stages such “the principle of mudarabah was appealed systematically by Uzair (l955). His main contribution lay in suggesting mudarabah as the main premise for 'interest less banking'. However, his argument that the Islamic bank should not make any capital investment with its own deposits rendered...
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...General Banking Operations General banking provides the foundation of banker – customer relation ship through openingaccount. This is the busiest department and the daily transactions of concerned to thecustomers for drawing or depository money , selling of the instrument to them for remittance purpose, collection of their instruments providing other services to them and keep customer section busy.Usually the following sections/departments are involved to perform the general bankingoperations: ˃ Cash Section ˃ Bills & Remittance Section ˃ Clearing and Collection Section ˃ Accounts Section Mudaraba The word 'Mudaraba' has been derived from Arabic word 'Darb'/'Darbun' which means“Travel”. Thus the word ‘Mudaraba’ means travel for undertaking business.Mudaraba is a form of partnership in profit whereby one party provides capital and the other party provides skill and labour.The provider of capital is called ‘Shahib-al-Mal’ or the ‘Rabb-ul-Mal’ (the financier or owner of the fund) and acts like a sleeping or dormant partner while the provider of skill and labour is called ‘Mudarib’ (entrepreneur/organizer) who provides the entrepreneurship andmanagement for carrying on any venture, trade, industry or service with the objectives of earning profits.Both the parties share the profit as per pre-agreed ratio and the losses, if any, being borne bythe provider of capital i.e. ‘Shahib-al-Mal’ except if it is due to breach of trust, misconduct,negligence or violation of the...
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...1. Introduction History of Islamic Business Transaction Without a doubt, the history of Islamic Banking is quite interesting. Since the medieval era (1,000 – 1,500 AD), businesspeople in the Middle East engaged in financial transactions. At this time though, these transactions used the same financial principles as the Europeans. Early History of Islamic Banking Since the Arabs of the Ottoman Empire traded extensively with people in Spain, they also developed certain no-interest financial systems that worked on a profit and loss sharing method. These systems, in turn, financed trade and other business affairs. When the Middle Eastern and Asia began to be more important trading partners for various European companies, the Europeans opened banks in these countries – with many of these banks based on the interest-bearing financial system. As the trading relationship with the Europeans continued to play an important role, these types of financial institutions began to be more prominent outside of Europe. However, even when local trading business owners used these commercial banks, they often only transferred money between accounts. Both borrowing and depositing money was limited as the local population wanted to refrain from partaking in interest-bearing transactions. Further, certain co-operative institutions based on the original profit and loss sharing model still existed, but only in certain locations. As economic demands increased, avoiding banks was not an option...
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...“Islamic Accounting : Their Position in International Standard Harmonization” Rendy Anggita Putra “Islamic Accounting : Their Position in International Standard Harmonization” 1. Abstract According to (Susela, 1999) said the development of accounting theories is are affected by several factors including political and economic interests of certain people or group in community. Therefore, it can be also called if the accounting is a significant tool to illustrate the interests and perspectives of the various stakeholders. Islamic industry of finance has obtained tremendous growth in last few years, both in number of assets that manage by industry and in the diversity of financial products. A global system that can rule the industry will become significantly important for the Islamic finance sector in order to meet the needs of continued growth (Vinnicombe, 2012). Harmonization of Shari’a accounting standards has continue to be made by the AAOIFI as it is also done by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for conventional accounting harmonization. In its development, financial reporting in Islamic accounting adds some different additional reports than conventional accounting to accommodate the unique transactions of Islamic economics. In that regard, this paper have objective to explore the main important values of Shari’a accounting and reporting standards of Islamic Accounting and try to find the answers of Islamic accounting positions among the process...
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...Administration & Economics (NCBA&E) Business Strategy Assignment: Detailed Analysis of Islamic Banking in Pakistan. Submitted By: Saad Alam 2151407 Submitted To: Sir Qayyum Qureshi | | | | | Type | Public Limited | Traded as | KSE: MEBL | Industry | Islamic Banking, Commercial Banking | Founded | 1997 | Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan | Products | Murabaha, Ijarah, Diminishing Musharakah, VISA Debit Card, Saving Accounts, Consumer Banking etc. | Number of employees | 7,000 - 2014 | Slogan | The Premier Islamic Bank | Website | www.meezanbank.com | | PROFILE:Meezan Bank (Urdu میزان بینک) is the first and largest Islamic commercial Bank of Pakistan. The Bank is headquartered in Meezan House - Karachi, Pakistan. It has a network of over 490 branches in more than 100 cities of Pakistan. It commenced operations in 2002 when State Bank of Pakistan issued first-ever license for Islamic commercial banking. The Bank has a market share of 35% in Islamic banking industry of the country.JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited, an affiliate of Japan Credit Rating Agency, has rated the Bank’s short term rating at A1+ (A-One Plus), the highest standard in short term rating, and the long-term entity rating at AA (Double A) with “Stable” outlook, making it the only Islamic bank with AA credit rating in the Islamic banking industry of Pakistan. | | HISTORY:The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed...
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...ADVANTAGES CONVENTIONAL BANK Banking sector constitute a major financial service sector affecting economic development. The stability and growth of any economy to a great extend depend on the stability of its banking sector. It functions as intermediary linking surplus and deficit units; facilitate funds for productive purpose and thereby contributes to economic development. Conventional banking based on interest prevails across the world. Islamic banking follows Islamic Shariah as the basis of operation. In both conventional banking and Islamic banking operates and offer its various products and services. While conventional banks offer its services that are interest based, Islamic banking services are interest-free and is based on profit-loss and risk sharing, and involve participation and sharing based Mudarabah, Wakalah (agent) contract, etc. In other words, Islamic banking followed an equity approach than interest-based approach in deposit and lending. Conventional bank or business bank is a type of retail banks that provide service, such as accepting deposits, giving business loans and basic investment products. A financial institution that provide services, such as accepting deposits, giving business loans, mortgage lending and basic investment products like saving accounts and certificates of deposits. The traditional commercial bank is as brick and mortar institution with tellers, safe deposit boxes, vaults and ATMs. However, some commercial banks do not have any physical...
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...MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Impact of Interest Rates on Islamic and Conventional Banks: The Case of Turkey Erge¸ Etem Hakan and Arslan Bengul Gulumser c ¨ ¨¨ January 2011 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/29848/ MPRA Paper No. 29848, posted 4. April 2011 06:17 UTC Impact of Interest Rates on Islamic and Conventional Banks: The Case of Turkey Etem Hakan Ergeça* and Bengül Gülümser Arslanb Abstract Identifying the impact of the interest rates upon Islamic banks is key to understand the contribution of such institutions to the financial stability, designing monetary policies and devising a proper risk management applicable to these institutions. This article analyzes and investigates the impact of interest rate shock upon the deposits and loans held by the conventional and Islamic banks with particular reference to the period between December 2005 and July 2009 based on Vector Error Correction (VEC) methodology. It is theoretically expected that the Islamic banks, relying on interest-free banking, shall not be affected by the interest rates; however, in concurrence with the previous studies, the article finds that the Islamic banks in Turkey are visibly influenced by interest rates. JEL classification: G21; E52 Keywords: Interest-free banking, monetary policy I. Introduction Islamic banks1 are defined as financial institutions that rely on the principle of Profit and Loss Sharing (PLS) with the entrepreneurial partners in their relevant banking...
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