To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges

Shariah compliance is a vital element in the operation of Islamic banking business carried out by Islamic banking institutions.In order to strengthen the Shariah governance, the existing legislations regulating Islamic banking business in Malaysia encourage the Islamic financial institutions and Is...

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Main Authors: Hussain, Mohammad Azam, Hassan, Rusni, Azhar, Alias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20726/1/IRMM%206%20S8%202016%20138-141.pdf
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description Shariah compliance is a vital element in the operation of Islamic banking business carried out by Islamic banking institutions.In order to strengthen the Shariah governance, the existing legislations regulating Islamic banking business in Malaysia encourage the Islamic financial institutions and Islamic banks in particular, to appoint a member of its Shariah committee (SC) as a member of the Board of Directors (BoD).This article scrutinizes on this issue and the challenges which probably faced by the appointed SC member as member to the BoD of Islamic Financial Institutions.The study found that the suggestion is good to bridge the gap between the SC and the BoD in ensuring Shariah compliance. However it also may invite several legal conflicts and challenges to be faced by the appointed Shariah member if the Islamic banks.
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spelling uum-207262017-01-23T01:11:56Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20726/ To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges Hussain, Mohammad Azam Hassan, Rusni Azhar, Alias BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc HG Finance Shariah compliance is a vital element in the operation of Islamic banking business carried out by Islamic banking institutions.In order to strengthen the Shariah governance, the existing legislations regulating Islamic banking business in Malaysia encourage the Islamic financial institutions and Islamic banks in particular, to appoint a member of its Shariah committee (SC) as a member of the Board of Directors (BoD).This article scrutinizes on this issue and the challenges which probably faced by the appointed SC member as member to the BoD of Islamic Financial Institutions.The study found that the suggestion is good to bridge the gap between the SC and the BoD in ensuring Shariah compliance. However it also may invite several legal conflicts and challenges to be faced by the appointed Shariah member if the Islamic banks. 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20726/1/IRMM%206%20S8%202016%20138-141.pdf Hussain, Mohammad Azam and Hassan, Rusni and Azhar, Alias (2016) To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges. International Review of Management and Marketing, 6 (S8). pp. 138-141. ISSN 2146-4405 http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/3923
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Hassan, Rusni
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To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_fullStr To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full_unstemmed To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_short To appoint shariah committee member as an independent non-executive director of Islamic banks in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_sort to appoint shariah committee member as an independent non executive director of islamic banks in malaysia issues and challenges
topic BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
HG Finance
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20726/1/IRMM%206%20S8%202016%20138-141.pdf
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