There has been little effort made to substantiate Halliday and Hasan's co-reference framework since their work was published 20-odd years ago, excepted for a slight modification in Martin (1992). Fligelstone (1992), Garside (1993), Garside et al. (1997) and Botley & McEnery (eds. forthcoming) have proposed an annotation scheme for tagging texts canpuationally. However, their theoretical foundat...

The article examines social responsibility in the context of Islam, emphasizing its key aspects and specifics sphere religious relations. Five postulates are identified that regulate moral system determine basis Islam: unity, balance, freedom will, obligations, virtue. identifies for achieving economic justice Islam through payments from income property tax (zakat), creation charitable funds (w...

Each market economy uses monetary policy to attain certain macroeconomic goals of price stability, higher growth and employment. A having an interest-based conventional banking system applies mainly tools the objectives policy. In contrast, a with interest-free needs apply Shariah-compliant instruments vis-à-vis for attaining As there is paucity quality research on Sukuk-based policy, current p...

This paper proposes an integrated, comprehensive financial model that can provide startup capital to socially committed business ventures, such as social enterprises and Yunus Social Business (YSB), by using Islamic funds (ISFs), Zakat (almsgiving), Waqf (endowments), Sadaqat (charity), Qard Hasan (interest-free benevolent loans). The literature review method was adopted explain this model’s ar...

The recent Covid-19 pandemic has swept the globe. As a result, there been spike in number of relative poor who are experiencing economic hardships. This poses predicament for unbankable, reducing their options to apply funding via banking products. With available financial capacity, zakat institutions viewed as closest alternative terms being source funding, either through microfinacing method ...

I n this study we designed to test the remarkable repayment performance of Akhuwat in Pakistan; the most successful Islamic Microfinance Institution (IMFI), which offers interest-free loans in order to improve the quality of life and alleviate poverty. The model of Akhuwat is based on Muakhaat (brotherhood) and Qard-e-Hasan (offering financial assi...

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey. Hasan Yazici, MD, Professor Please address correspondence to: Prof. Hasan Yazici, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected] Received on August 17, 2016 and accepted on ...

Dr. Helen Hasan, an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia, is a leader in the Green IS field having led multiple government funded research projects. In addition Dr. Hasan is a sought after industry consultant and leader of several special interest groups (SIGs) in the Green IS area. Dr. Hasan has published numerous articles in IS journals in research areas such as Huma...