Fiqh & Socitey

This one-day forum will provide global industry players access to Indonesia’s key decision and policymakers as they discuss the current trends and issues facing the country’s Islamic finance landscape...

Abū Aḥmad Jamāl al-Dīn b. ʿAbd al-Nabī b. ʿAbd al-Ṣāniʿ al-Nishābūrī al-Istarābādī (b. 1178/1764- d. 1232/1816), known as Mīrzā Muḥammad al-Akhbārī, was a scholar of fiqh and hadith and a founder of the Akhbari approach in Shi'a fiqh...

The reason that the jurisprudent is an authority in matters of the law is because of his specialization in jurisprudence and his power to derive the rules of Allah (awj) from their sources. While the reason that a leader is what he is, is because aside from the above mentioned qualities, he has the ability to manage society according to the principles and values of...

Kerala CPM is all set to launch its first Sharia-compliant banking institution. The cooperative bank named 'Halal Fayida Coop Society' will be located at...

Ibāḍīyah or Ibāḍism is an Islamic sect that is an offshoot of Khawārij. It is one of the earlier Islamic sects, and the only remaining branch of Khawārij. The school derives its name from its...

Global Islamic investments have increased by 150 per cent since 2006, and according to estimates, the sector is growing 50 per cent faster than the overall banking sector...

Uganda Parliament on January 6, 2016 passed the Financial Institutions Amendment Bill, which among others things, introduced Islamic Banking....

Bias may have motivated this incident, but it could serve as a teaching moment for the perpetrator and for the community if it leads to greater understanding of the love Muslims have for Jesus, peace be upon him,” a statement released by the...

The report, Islamophobia in Australia, used 243 reported incidents involving physical, verbal and online attacks between September 2014 and December 2015 and found that over two-thirds of...

By studying the history of prior religions, it is clear that the veil was part of other heavenly religions before Islam and the rules were...