Waqf has always been an important institution that contributes to the development and growth of the social economic environment. Historically, it has been proven that waqf plays an essential role in developing various aspects of education, the economy and society. Accordingly, this research aims at identifying the current role of waqf and its contr

Integration of knowledge that represents the intellectual and epistemological aspects of Islam is a challenge. In the history of Islam, all prophets gained knowledge through the revelation from the time of Adam until the time of the last prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Indeed, the first revelation of the Qu'ran is to read and write and th

In the mid-1990s, the East Asian countries experienced severe financial crisis that were followed by deep economic downturns. A variety of methodologies have been used to understand the nature of the Asian financial crisis. However, the impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the efficiency of the financial industry has yet to be studied. By e

The present paper provides new empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom on banks’ performance. The empirical analysis is confined to the Malaysian banking sector during the period of 1999–2007. We find that overall economic freedom and business freedom exerts positive impacts, implying that higher (lower) freedom on the activities t

This paper examines the efficiency of the Thai banking sector from 1999 to 2008 by using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method. The results indicate that inefficiency in the sector stems mainly from scale rather than pure technical efficiencies. The findings suggest that small banks are most efficient, while medium-sized banks have been the le

The paper seeks to examine the determinants of Indonesian banks profitability during the period 1990–2005. The empirical findings indicate that income diversification and capitalization are positively related to bank profitability, while size and overhead costs exert negative impacts. During the period under study, Indonesian banks seem to have b

Purpose – The paper examines the impact of entry of foreign banks on the performance of the Malaysian Islamic banking sector during the period 2001-2007. Design/methodology/approach – To maintain homogeneity, the empirical analysis is confined to two fully fledged domestic Islamic banks, three fully fledged foreign Islamic banks, 11 domestic wi

Subject(s): Arabic language -- Bio-bibliography Holdings: ,Book - Reference,Gombak Campus Library,Reference Collection,,r Z7052A135M 1997,Not for loan,00000899254

Subject(s): Loughborough University -- Periodicals | Education, Higher -- Periodicals -- England | Universities and colleges -- Periodicals -- England Holdings: ,Official Publication,Gombak Campus Library,Universities & Colleges Publications Collection,,gu uk-en/LBORO/3/A2 2004-2005,Available,00001062944

Subject(s): Internet (Computer network) -- Guidebooks | Library information networks -- Guidebooks -- Great Britain Holdings: ,Book - Reference,Gombak Campus Library,Reference Collection,,r Z678.93I59T882L 1997,Not for loan,00000511418