Malaysia has witnessed Islamic revivalism since the 1980s and its Islamisation is exemplified in normalisation of hijab . Although adoption often cited as a choice Malaysia, Maryam Lee’s controversial book Unveiling Choice presents an alternative portrait society where predominant practice. Using Wodak’s (Reisigl & Wodak, 2005, 2017; 2001, 2018) Discourse Historical Approach (DHA) to Critic...

Islamic Finance is more than an asset class – it is a way of life lived by 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. But its reach goes even further – non-Islamic countries, governments, and businesses, have all invested in or issued Islamic securities for one reason or another. With the ongoing push of globalization of trade and finance, Islamic financial flows, long a localized phenomenon, have b...

This essay considers the relationships between Samuel Ferguson, Edward Dowden, and Aubrey de Vere in late nineteenth century. In evaluating Ferguson’s career shortly after poet’s death 1886, W. B. Yeats considered him as being ill-served by ‘English notions’ of Irish criticism, a slight which was particularly directed at then Professor English Trinity College Dublin. Rather than viewing this sc...

Department of Community Medicine, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Department of Internal Medicine, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Institute of Education, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Department of Family Medicine,...

a r t i c l e i n f o The Dow Jones Islamic Market indices (DJIMI) are constructed by screening out stocks that are incompatible with Islam's prohibition of interest and certain lines of business. However, as a blunt instrument, the interest rate can affect discounted cash flows of any firm, even a firm with no financial leverage. This study reveals that the aggregate portfolio of Islamic stock...

This paper investigates the question of whether the phenomenon of Islamic finance who based on Shariah, or Islamic law is truly globalizing and spreading as a universal system of finance and banking. The paper also addresses various aspects of the globalization for Islamic finance, among other, the issue of the rise of Islamic banking in the world, Islamic jurisprudence and finance, global stan...