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International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

ISSN: 1753-8394

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Editorial objective

The Islamic banking and finance industry has grown substantially worldwide. The Islamic Development Bank predicts that the industry will surpass US$2.8 trillion by 2015. Product development and standardization of regulatory practices are the two most important elements for sustainable growth of this industry. Developing human capital and effectively marketing a welfare-based financial system are also critical. Approximately 1.57 billion individuals—nearly 1 in 4 people—in the world are Muslims according to the 2009 Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life report. The growth of universities in Muslim countries and expanding interest in Islamic thought in Western universities creates a receptive audience for an Islamic position on economic and financial matters.

Economics, politics, religious and social affairs fall under the jurisdiction of the divine law of Islam.  Islam has formulated comprehensive ethics governing how business and commerce should be run so that it is accountable to God and the community.  It is important to elucidate how banking and finance markets should fit into this system.  Each component poses a unique challenge in a global business environment that is largely unsympathetic to religious-based values.  The rate of growth of the economies of the Muslim world—and in particular of the oil-rich states of the Arab Middle East—is impressive. Much of this growth has occurred in the banking, finance and financial services sectors. Personal finance trends   show strong growth in these areas and among Muslim communities world-wide.

No journal presently provides comprehensive cover of research in this expanding area. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management will serve as a central repository for research in the field. It will bridge the interests of scholars and practitioners so that the results of research and product development are brought to the attention of the international financial and business management community.

Editorial Criteria

The International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management will provide:

1. Research articles that give in depth insight and analysis into current issues on Islamic and Middle Eastern finance and management
2. Issue- or results-focused case studies that share research in product development and clarify  best practices
3. Forums to  exchange ideas among academicians, policymakers and practitioners
4. Opportunities to showcase key issues of Middle Eastern economies including exchange rates, balance of payments, financial institutions, corporate finance, risk analysis, international banking and portfolio management, financial market regulation, third world debt, economic development, financial instruments and international financial policy co-ordination
5. Overviews of the latest literature in the field with extended book reviews

Scope/Coverage

Coverage will include, but will not be limited to:
• Fundamentals of Islamic Finance
• Regulatory structures
• Shariah-compliant investment
• Islamic social thought and corporate governance
• Structuring Islamic securitisation
• Socially-responsible investment strategy
• Islamic banking
• Takaful and Shariah-compliant insurance
• Islamic project financing
• Wealth management
• Sukkuk, Zakat and financial planning
• Shariah-compliant risk management
• Hedge funds and derivatives
• Management styles and strategies in Shariah environments
• Branding opportunities for Shariah-compliant products
• Housing finance and Shariah-compliant mortgage products
• Market penetration in non-Islamic contexts
• Mixed-market models
• Zakah, poverty alleviation and Islamic banks
• Islamic financial market
• Case studies of Islamic banks and financial service providers
• Issues pertaining  to Shari`ah governance
• Corporate social responsibility of Islamic financial institutions
• Issues of Shari`ah Supervisory Boards
• Islamic business ethics
• Management, leadership and governance of Islamic financial services providers
• Legal and regulatory issues in Islamic banking and finance
• Fiqh al-mu`amalat al-maliyyah
• Principles of Islamic jurisprudence and legal maxims
• Cross border mergers and acquisition of Islamic banks
• Comparative analysis of Islamic and conventional banks
• Impact of global financial crisis on Islamic banks
• Islamic finance and innovative solutions for a dynamic world
• Trends and opportunities in Islamic Finance
• Development opportunities
• Economic and financial position of women
• Political economy
• Poverty and income distribution
• Labor and welfare economics
• International and regional trade and finance
• Financial markets and institutions
• Business cycles, financial instability and crisis
• Economic Development and Change
• Islamic economics
• Islamic investment
• Risk management in Islamic finance
• Innovative products and services of Islamic banking and finance
• Hedge funds and derivatives
• Ethical investment
• Islamic microfinance
• Contemporary issues and challenges in Islamic Banking and finance practices
• Laws of Islamic financial theory and practice
• Customer relationship management in Islamic banks

Key Journal Audiences

• University and College Professors
• Practitioners
• Media Organizations
• Government Policymakers 
• Professional Consultants
• Multilateral Organizations (World Bank, IMF, UN Agencies)
• Ordinary People Interested in Islamic banking, finance and economics

Indexes and Abstracts

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management is indexed and abstracted in:
• Index Islamicus
• RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
• The British Library
• EBSCO
• PROQUEST
• OCLC - Electronic Collections Online
 

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