CIS Faculty

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Islamic Finance, Fintech, and Cryptocurrencies (3rd CEOs Roundtable Report)

Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 19:15

Fintech refers to the use of technology for delivering financial services, specifically through Internet-based crowdfunding platforms and mobile payment systems. Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are the result of cryptography applied to cash. The roundtable was a timely event to attract CEOs and Islamic finance leaders to explore how Islamic finance and regional financial institutions are planning to integrate fintech developments into their business models.

Al Faruqi's Methodology of Studying Religion and its Applicability : a Case Study of the Akan Religion

Submitted by lfatajo on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 14:39
This thesis focuses on Al Faruqi's method on the study of religious phenomena which has been developed in his book entitled "Christian Ethics". The prime objective is to apply his method on the study of African Traditional Religion. It exposed and examined the usefulness of Al Faruqi's methods of studying religion, specifically, the principles of disengagement; theoretical principles, and meta-religion, in relation to the Akan religion in Ghana. Information's about the Akan religion in this study however was based primarily on a set of texts published in the 21* c.