Showing posts with label dusuki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dusuki. Show all posts

Sunday, February 19, 2012

MALAYSIA - REGULATIONS - Bank Negara clarifies Fatwa ruling on forex trading Read more: Bank Negara clarifies Fatwa ruling on forex trading (2)

www.nst.com.my - KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia said today that only licensed financial institutions and money changers are allowed to conduct foreign currency trading.

This statement came about after the National Fatwa Council's ruling on Wednesday that forex trading is forbidden for Muslims. (source)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

PUBLICATIONS - FIQH - ISRA - Paper - The Concept and Operations of Swap as a Hedging Mechanism for Islamic Financial Institutions (No 14/2010)



The Concept and Operations of Swap as a Hedging Mechanism for Islamic Financial Institutions - ISRA Research Paper (No. 14/2010) 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, Head of Research Affairs Department, ISRA 


The paper discusses the concept and operations of the swap instrument as a hedging mechanism in the Islamic financial system.  The main objective of this paper is to give a clearer picture of the swap mechanism as offered by the international Islamic financial institutions and how its operations are structured in accordance with Shariah principles and contracts.