Master of Science in Islamic Finance

Transformation into Shariah-Compliant Development Bank: A Case Study of QDB

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 15:00

This project is a case study about the transformation of a conventional bank, Qatar Development Bank, into a Shariah Compliant Development Bank. Qatar Development Bank is one of the first development banks that has embarked on a process of transformation to become 100% shariah-compliant.

التطوير المقاصدي لمنتجات الصيرفة الإسلامية

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 13:20

نحو يحقق مقاصد الشريعة، فمقاصد الشريعة غيرحاضرة في بعض منتجات الصيرفة الإسلامية، بل ورربما ناقض بعض المنتجات مقاصد الشريعة من تشريع الأحكام المالية، مما يستوجب مراجعة هذه المنتجات وإعادة إصدارها على نحو يتوافق مع مقاصد التشريع.يتضمن البحث في أوله تحدلًاديمقاصد الشريعة في الأموال وعقود التمويل والتجارة، ثم ًةعجارمللمعاملات المالية المعاصرةالإسلامية منها وغير الإسلاميةعلى ضوء مقاصد الشريعةوحاجة العصر ومتطلباته.  ثم يعمل البحث على تقييم منتجات الصيرفة الإسلامية وفق هذه الحاجة والمقاصدبغية تصنيف وتحديد الم

Promoting the agricultural sector in Qatar through Islamic Finance: Lessons from the Sudanese Experience

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 13:13

Agriculture is a driver of economic growth. An updated 2018 World Bank report emphasizes that agricultural development is one of the main tools to end extreme poverty, feed about 9.7 billion people by 2050 and raise the poor’s income two to four times compared to other sectors. About 65% of poor adults in 2016 earned a living through agriculture. Also, agricultural products accounted for one-third of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014. Islamic Finance with its profit and loss sharing feature a

Islamic Entrepreneurship: Framework and Practice

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 12:58

The promotion of entrepreneurship is one of the key features of Islamic finance as it enables the growth of output and employment in the economy and promotes and preserves wealth thereby contributing to the achievement of general interest. However, entrepreneurship is a complex phenomenon and its financing is one of the underserved areas of  Islamic finance with the majority of Islamic finance assets being concentrated in the banking sector and the

Circular Economy and Islamic Finance: Challenges and Opportunities

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 12:33

The world is facing unprecedented ecological, social and economic imbalances and insecurities. In a lecture at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation on 16 Dec 2018, the UN Secretary-General Mr António Guterres also reiterated this fact.  He emphasized that climate change, which is the result of human actions, is the core cause of these uncertainties.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Islamic Banking in Qatar

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 20:50

This study will attempt to study and analyze the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) of Islamic Banking in Qatar. To date, there is no study that has analysed the demand side of the Islamic Banking industry i.e. the public in general and the clients of Islamic Banks. The majority of the studies have focused on the supply side of the Islamic Banking industry i.e. the Islamic Financial Institutions and their products and services.

Disciplining Banks through Profit-Sharing Investment Accounts

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 20:50

Recent corporate finance theories posit that corporate governance is increasingly based on exit strategies rather than on voice. These theories conjecture that, even in the absence of intervention power, dispersed blockholders can govern firms (Edmans 2009; Admati and Pfleiderer 2009). While such a dispersed structure appears to be a barrier for direct intervention, it strengthens the role of a second governance mechanism: disciplining through trading.

Food Security and Responsible Agriculture Foreign Investment: A Case Study of the State of Qatar

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 20:37

The research proposes to study Qatar's foreign agricultural investments and its impact on food security in the light of blockade faced by Qatar and the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent policy announcing National Food Security Strategy 2023. The study will;