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Scholars in Islamic Economics & Finance

Explore the work of scholars across Islamic economics, banking, commercial law, Shariah governance, capital markets, social finance and emerging financial technologies. Open each scholar’s profile to learn more.

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Research Resource Note: This directory has been prepared as a research resource for scholars, students, academics, and practitioners, enabling them to benefit from the expertise, scholarship, and research contributions of leading scholars in Islamic economics, banking, and finance. It is not a ranking, grading, or comparative assessment. Each scholar has a distinctive academic profile and is recognized for unique expertise and contributions within particular areas of the field.

Dr. Sami Al-Suwailem

Islamic Development Bank Institute · Saudi Arabia

Research areas Islamic Economics; Islamic Finance Theory; Risk Sharing; Financial Stability; Islamic Financial Engineering; Product Development

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Prof. Monzer Kahf

Independent scholar · USA / International

Research areas Islamic Economics; Islamic Banking & Finance; Zakat; Waqf; Islamic Social Finance; Sukuk; Capital Markets; Takaful; Financial Engineering; Islamic Commercial Transactions

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Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tahir Mansoori

Former Vice President (Higher Studies & Research), IIUI · Pakistan

Research areas Islamic Law; Fiqh al-Muʿāmalāt; Islamic Commercial Law; Islamic Banking & Finance; Shariah Governance; Shariah Maxims; Maqāṣid al-Shariah; Muslim Family Law

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Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ayub

Formerly RCIB, Riphah International University · Pakistan

Research areas Islamic Economics; Islamic Banking & Finance; Fiqh al-Muʿāmalāt; Shariah Governance; Ethical & Responsible Finance; Islamic Social Finance; Waqf; FinTech & AI Governance

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Prof. Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha

INCEIF University · Malaysia

Research areas Islamic Capital Markets; Digital Money & Finance; Monetary Policy; Risk Management; Financial Engineering; Islamic Banking

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Prof. Abdul Rashid

IIIE / SOIBF, IIUI · Pakistan

Research areas Islamic Banking & Finance; Empirical Banking; Risk & Financial Stability; Corporate Finance; Capital Markets; Applied Econometrics

IIUI profile ↗

Prof. Nasim Shah Shirazi

Hamad Bin Khalifa University · Qatar

Research areas Islamic Economics; Islamic Finance; Development Economics; Public Finance; Zakat; Poverty Alleviation; Islamic Social Finance

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Prof. Ahmet Faruk Aysan

Hamad Bin Khalifa University · Qatar

Research areas Islamic FinTech; Central Banking; Monetary Policy; Blockchain; Digital Finance; Macroeconomics; Islamic Banking

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Dr. Muhammad Abubakar Siddique

SOIBF, IIUI · Pakistan

Research areas Islamic Economics; Islamic Banking & Finance; Islamic Commercial Law; Shariah Governance; Islamic Product Development; Islamic Capital Markets; Contemporary Financial Issues; Digital Currency & Islamic FinTech

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Prof. Habib Ahmed

Durham University · UK

Research areas Islamic Commercial Law; Islamic Economics; Shariah Governance; Product Development; Waqf; Islamic Social Finance; Regulation

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Prof. Asad Zaman

Former DG, IIIE–IIUI & former VC, PIDE · Pakistan

Research areas Islamic Economics; Economic Methodology; Econometrics; Monetary Reform; Moral Economy; Macroeconomics; Critique of Conventional Economics

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Prof. Mehmet Asutay

Durham University · UK

Research areas Islamic Economics; Islamic Moral Economy; Islamic Finance; Development; Sustainability; Islamic Social Finance

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Prof. Aishath Muneeza

INCEIF University · Malaysia

Research areas Islamic Commercial Law; Islamic FinTech; Crypto-assets; Sukuk; Islamic Capital Markets; Shariah Governance; Islamic Social Finance

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Prof. M. Kabir Hassan

LSU New Orleans · USA

Research areas Islamic Banking & Finance; Monetary Economics; Money & Capital Markets; Development Finance; Financial Stability; Empirical Finance

LSU profile ↗

Dr. Marjan Muhammad

ISRA Institute, INCEIF University · Malaysia

Research areas Shariah Governance; Shariah Assurance; Islamic Capital Markets; Regulatory Shariah Research; Product Innovation; Shariah Compliance

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Assoc. Prof. Ziyaad Mahomed

INCEIF University · Malaysia

Research areas AI Governance; Islamic FinTech; Machine-assisted Fatwa; Tokenisation; Digital Assets; Shariah Governance; Sukuk; Islamic Social Finance

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Prof. Nafis Alam

Monash University Malaysia · Malaysia

Research areas FinTech; RegTech; Digital Currency; AI Ethics; AI Bias in Financial Services; Financial Regulation; Islamic Banking & Finance

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Prof. Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku Ali

International Islamic University Malaysia · Malaysia

Research areas Islamic Commercial Law; Fiqh al-Muʿāmalāt; Shariah Governance; Islamic Capital Markets; Sukuk; Takaful; Islamic Banking Law

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Prof. Rusni Hassan

International Islamic University Malaysia · Malaysia

Research areas Shariah Governance; Shariah Audit; Islamic Finance Law; Legal & Regulatory Issues; Islamic Social Finance; Takaful

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Prof. Mohamed Aslam Haneef

International Islamic University Malaysia · Malaysia

Research areas Islamic Economics; Methodology of Islamic Economics; Epistemology; Development; Zakat; Waqf; Alternative Economic Systems

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Dr. Salman Ahmed Shaikh

Islamic Economics Project · Pakistan

Research areas Islamic Economics; Methodology; Islamic Finance; Islamic Banking; Maqāṣid-based Development; Islamic Social Finance; Shariah-compliant Capital Markets

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Dr. Saad Azmat

LUMS · Pakistan

Research areas Islamic Banking & Finance; Islamic Capital Markets; Financial Instruments; Corporate Finance; Behavioural Finance; Islamic Financial Theory

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