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Religion as a barrier to the use of student loans for higher education: A community‐based participatory study with Somalis living in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 370-404, April 2023., 2023
Abstract The unwillingness of the Somali community to finance higher education has largely gone unnoticed within the academic literature and government policy documents. This study explores the role of religion and the influence of Shari'ah scholars on the use of interest‐bearing student loans within the Somali community.
Alija Avdukic   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of insurers' performance using frontier efficiency and productivity methods. The great contributions by David Cummins and Mary Weiss

open access: yesRisk Management and Insurance Review, Volume 25, Issue 4, Page 445-489, Winter 2022., 2022
Abstract This article provides an in‐depth analysis of the great contributions by J. David Cummins and Mary A. Weiss to research on insurers' performance using frontier efficiency and productivity methods. Twenty‐nine empirical papers are surveyed as well as a book chapter that gives foundations and a guide in using methodology and defining outputs and
María Rubio‐Misas
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening women's empowerment and gender equality in fragile contexts towards peaceful and inclusive societies: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Background Across the globe, gender disparities still exist with regard to equitable access to resources, participation in decision‐making processes, and gender and sexual‐based violence. This is particularly true in fragile and conflict‐affected settings, where women and girls are affected by both fragility and conflict in unique ways.
Etienne Lwamba   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine Learning‐Based Decision‐Making for Stock Trading: Case Study for Automated Trading in Saudi Stock Exchange

open access: yesScientific Programming, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Stock markets are becoming the center of attention for many investors and hedge funds, providing them with a wide range of tools and investment opportunities to grow their wealth and participate in the economy. However, investing in the stock market is not trivial.
Mohammad Alsulmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between affordable welfare and affordable food: Internationalized food subsidy reforms in Egypt and Tunisia

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 1050-1065, November 2021., 2021
Abstract The public subsidization of food is an important element of North African welfare states, guaranteeing access to affordable nutrition and maintaining food security even in times of economic downturns. Since the 1970s, universal food subsidy schemes have come under growing international pressure, and North African countries have selectively ...
Kressen Thyen, Roy Karadag
wiley   +1 more source

REMEDIES FOR MISREPRESENTATIONS IN TAKAFUL CONTRACT: CURRENT INDUSTRY PRACTICE IN MALAYSIA

open access: yesHamdard Islamicus, 2021
Takaful is a contract whereby the participants commit to contribute an amount of money to a specified fund to mutually guarantee each other in the unprecedented event of misfortune and appoint a takaful operator to manage that fund. In takaful contract,
DR. SITI SALWANI RAZALI, AHMAD FADHIL HAMDI MOHD ALI
doaj   +2 more sources

Alwaqf (Endowment) as a Basis for Islamic Takaful Insurance, between Theory and Practice

open access: yesدراسات: علوم الشريعة والقانون, 2021
This research aims to determine the extent to which the endowment can be applied in the Takaful insurance companies and to explain the ruling on Takaful insurance, which made some agree on the permissibility of Takaful insurance while others outlawed it.
Amenah Al-Oqaili   +2 more
doaj  

Consumption of Family Takaful affected by Microeconomic Factors: A Case Study of Islamic insurance Takaful in Pakistan

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Islamic Finance, 2018
This study empirically verifies the link between macroeconomic variables (i.e. income per capita, savings, inflation, stock and index) with the demand for Family Takaful in the context of Pakistan using time-series data from 2006 to 2016 of Pak-Qatar ...
Syed Alamdar Ali Shah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of Islamic Insurance (Takaful) in Bangladesh: Legal Barriers and Challenges

open access: yesTrabzon İlahiyat Dergisi, 2023
This study delves into the concept of Takaful, an Islamic insurance model, and its legal framework, focusing on its role and potential within the insurance market of Bangladesh.
Ahm Ershad Uddın
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Study and Analysis of Takaful Model Based on Imamiyya Jurisprudence [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات مالی اسلامی (پیوسته), 2015
By considering the competitive advantages of takaful over conventional insurances, such as sharing the underwriting profit (surplus) and return of investment, an investigation into and providing the takaful Model based on Shiite Jurisprudence is ...
Mahdi Mohammadi   +2 more
doaj  

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