Conferences
Revisiting Islamic Securitization and Structured Products - LSE-HBKU Workshop Report, 2015I
The workshop began with participants claiming that the definitions of sukuk that the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) have put forward are causing confusion in the markets. AAOIFI defines
Case Studies of Waqf Properties in Malaysia
| Awqaf properties in Malaysia have evolved over the years from being in the nature of consumptive immoveable properties used for religious purposes like madrasahs, mosques and cemeteries into productive and mixed-use type real estate properties like hotels, office buildings and commercial type properties. The 2007 national |
Models of Modern Waqf and Endowments
| Most Arab countries inherited the Ottoman Model of Awqaf which was created in the mid 19th century and recognizes the Hanafi traditional classification of khayri, Dhurri and mixed kinds of |
Islamic Finance: Relevance and Growth in the Modern Financial Age: A Short Report
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) jointly convened an inaugural public lecture with the Islamic Finance Project of the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. The public lecture hosted introductory lectures surrounding the concept of Islamic finance and the growth and direction of the industry, and marked the first collaboration between the two institutes in hosting such an event.
Advancements in Contemporary Islamic Finance: From Practice to Scholarship : A short Report
The Islamic Finance Project of Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School held its second annual public lecture on Islamic Finance at the London School of Economics on Thursday, 7 February 2008. The title of the public lecture was: Advancements in Contemporary Islamic Finance: From Practice to Scholarship. The lecture reflected on the current developments and initiatives in Islamic Finance and explained how faith-based form of finance con- tinues to enhance modern finance and law.
Islamic Finance in the United Kingdom: Current Initiatives and Challenges: A Short Report
The Islamic Finance Project of Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School held its third annual public lecture on Islamic finance at the London School of Economics’ Hong Kong Theatre in London on Thursday, 26 February 2009. As with previous years, the event was jointly hosted with the London School of Economics and immediately followed an intensive workshop earlier that day with a select group of Islamic finance’s industry elite.
The Impact of Islamic Finance on Economic Development: A Roundtable Discussion
The Islamic Finance Project and Islamic Legal Studies Program of Harvard Law School organized a panel discussion in Austin Hall on October 12, 2010 entitled. The Impact of Islamic Finance on Economic Development”. The overarching goal of the seminar was to promote a more critical and informed discussion on a topic of growing scrutiny and relevance in recent years.
Islamic Finance: Creating an Enabling Environment: A Short Report
Although Islamic finance was conceived as a system that includes broader socioeconomic goals outside of profit, it has largely operated within an economic and regulatory environment that has created impediments in the realization of those goals. The intent of the seminar was to thus explore the question: what can be done to create an enabling environment for Islamic finance to not only be commercially successful, but also deliver on its broader objectives?