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  1. Islamic Business & Finance Awards 2009
  2. Abu Dhabi finally rescues Dubai World
  3. Islamic Finance Still Profitable
  4. Does Islamic Finance Prevent The Future Global Financial Crisis?
  5. Legal Conundrum to Dubai’s Nakheel Sukuk Holders
  6. Imitating Traditional Banking Will Destroy Islamic Banking
  7. My Thought: BBA Issue in Malaysia
  8. Would Islamic Finance Prevent Another Financial Crisis?
  9. The Effect of the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009: Part VII, Section 51-58
  10. The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World
  11. Islamic Finance in the World University
  12. Luxembourg advised of more involvement in Islamic finance
  13. Two reasons for Islamic finance’s move into world financial system
  14. Business Schools World-Wide Add Courses on Islamic Finance
  15. Shari’ah Governance, a Challenge to Islamic Finance
  16. Shari’ah Has ‘priority’ in Islamic Finance Cases
  17. Bringing Together Shari’ah and Common Law in Malaysia
  18. Fiqh Academy Must Make Thorough Study of Issues
  19. Time for UAE to Rethink Dollar Peg
  20. BBA Judgement Erroneous, Rules Court of Appeal
  21. Need For Deeper Look Into Islamic Financial Products
  22. ISDA Writes Global Standards for Islamic Derivatives
  23. Malaysia Budget 2010: Government To Issue USD887 Million 1Malaysia Sukuk
  24. Islamic bank loses millions in New Zealand investment
  25. The Happy Planet Index As an Alternative to The Human Development Index
  26. Consultation on the legislative framework for the regulation of alternative finance investment bonds (sukuk): Summary of Responses
  27. Islamic finance industry stunted by lack of expertise
  28. Dubai Financial Services Authority Consults on Islamic Finance Rules in the DIFC
  29. Call to review interest in court judgements
  30. Islamic Development Bank announces plans to launch investment bank
  31. Islamic Banking – Reality and Myth
  32. Abercrombie and Fitch Faces a Muslim-Headscarf Lawsuit
  33. Sharia advisers may face legal suits over mistakes
  34. Islamic Finance Can Also Face Systemic Failure and Reputation Risks: Abbas Mirakhor
  35. Sum of USD350 billion lost by Gulf sovereign funds: UN Report
  36. Only 1 in 4 Malaysia Federal Territories companies pay business zakat
  37. Happy Eidulfitri 1430H
  38. Benign Islamic Finance
  39. Supervising Islamic Finance
  40. National Shari’ah Board versus Bank Shariah Boards
  41. My Story: Happy Birthday
  42. Rise of The Two Schools of Islamic Finance
  43. IDB sells first Islamic bond tranche for USD500m
  44. Top 100 Islamic banks defy recession woes as combined assets grow 66%
  45. Malaysia Independence Day
  46. Korea to exempt Islamic bonds from distributions tax
  47. Central Bank of Malaysia Bill 2009
  48. E-Lecture on Uqud in Islamic Financial Services
  49. Luxembourg Stock Exchange becomes an important European centre for Sukuk
  50. Best Wishes for Holy Month of Ramadhan al-Mubarak
  51. Registration of Shari’ah Advisers Guidelines by the Securities Commission of Malaysia
  52. Malaysian regulator simplifies syariah advisers rule
  53. Constructive and Positive Suggestions Rather Than Negative Criticism
  54. World’s First Shari’ah-law Compliant Legal Firm
  55. More Saudi family firms in trouble
  56. Islamic finance principles to restore policy effectiveness, By Professor Willam Buiter
  57. Dubai Islamic Bank Q2 falls 40% and Commercial Bank of Kuwait Q2 net loss at $8.2 mln
  58. Commentaries on the IFSB Exposure Draft Guiding Principles on Shari’ah Governance System
  59. Five former senior officials from the Islamic Finance Company have been sent to prison.
  60. Integration Of Islamic Finance Should Be Facilitated Across Jurisdictions
  61. First Islamic bank in Australia?
  62. ISRAEL ATTACKS JUSTICE BOAT; KIDNAPS HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS; CONFISCATES MEDICINE, TOYS AND OLIVE TREES
  63. No debt sales, no progress for Islamic finance
  64. Boardroom Overhaul in the Middle East
  65. TAWARRUQ: A Methodological Issue in Shari`a-Compliant Finance
  66. Does Islamic finance need for an “Islamic Goldman Sachs”?
  67. Arab nations ’need to revert to gold dinar’
  68. Full Text of Obama’s Speech in Cairo.
  69. Islamic finance industry has suffered less turmoil than western institutions
  70. Is Islamic Finance the Answer?
  71. Thought Leadership Series, Islamic Finance and Corporate Governance: My Interview
  72. Organized Tawarruq is NOT permissible: OIC Fiqh Academy
  73. Credit Crunch: A Chance to develop the Islamic Finance Market in Germany?
  74. Islamic banks take share of the pain
  75. UK Budget 2009 Removes Tax Hurdles for Islamic debt
  76. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia dan “Markah Kasihan”: My Thought
  77. Where the USD5 Trillions is coming from?: Remarkable Analysis by Rodney Shakespeare and Max Keiser
  78. In Person With Aamir Rehman, a Head of Strategy for Fajr Capital
  79. Bringing Together Shari’ah and Common Law in Malaysia
  80. Interview With Dr. Mohamad Daud Bakar, a renowned Shari’ah Scholar
  81. Malaysia’s Court of Appeal reverses High Court BBA ruling
  82. Islamic finance must learn to resolve inner tensions
  83. France and Hong Kong encourage Islamic finance
  84. Vatican Position on Islamic Finance
  85. Global Financial Crisis: Can Islamic Finance help?
  86. Authenticity in Islamic Finance
  87. Sharia-compliant derivatives – a contradiction in terms?
  88. The Social Contract: A Must Know Document for All Fellow Malaysian
  89. My Story: A Journey Begins
  90. My Thought: Perak Constitutional Conundrum
  91. Promoting Shari’ah-compliant finance violates the United States Constitution: In the Case of Kevin J. Murray v Henry M. Paulson, Jr
  92. Speculation and uncertainty are the Devil
  93. My Recent Publication
  94. A True Story
  95. The United States Promotes Israeli Genocide Against the Palestinians
  96. Islamic Finance News Award: Poll 2008
  97. Gaza: Let the Images Do the Talking
  98. Israel Resumes Bombardment of Gaza
  99. SHARI’AH AND LEGAL ISSUES IN AL-BAY’ BITHAMAN AJIL FACILITY IN THE CASE OF ARAB-MALAYSIAN FINANCE BHD V TAMAN IHSAN JAYA SDN BHD & ORS [2008] 5 MLJ
  100. Conference Alert 2009
  101. A Shariah Compliant Alternative to Selling Short with Borrowed Securities by Shaiykh Yusuf Talal De Lorenzo
  102. Financial Screens for the Islamic Finance and Lesson from the Ethical Investment Industry
  103. Shari’ah Scholars and Harmony in Short Supply
  104. Islamic Finance in the UK and France
  105. My Story: Palestine Solidarity Campaign
  106. The very recent case of Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd v Silver Concept Sdn Bhd [2008] 6 MLJ 295 and Launching of My New Web Page
  107. Islamic Banking and Finance – Social Failure
  108. New Sukuk Regulation From IFSB
  109. Islamic Banks in the UK Grow Despite Crisis
  110. Western Interest in Islamic Banking
  111. Shariah Investors Not Immune From Global Equity Market Turbulence, Losing US$5.65 trillion in Third Quarter
  112. Global Financial Crisis 2008: Opportunities for Islamic Finance
  113. Current Financial Crisis and Islamic Economics
  114. Derivatives are Financial Weapon of Mass Destruction
  115. STAKEHOLDERS MODEL OF GOVERNANCE IN ISLAMIC ECONOMIC SYSTEM: REVISIT
  116. Why short-selling is Haram
  117. Is Islamic finance at tipping point?
  118. Malaysian Financial System Can Weather Current Global Financial Turmoil
  119. UK Government’s Financial Rescue Plan
  120. My Recent Publication
  121. My Story: Eidulfitri in Durham
  122. One Day National Fast Organised by Durham University Islamic Society
  123. Market crash shakes world
  124. My Story: Trip to the Stadium of Light, Sunderland v Arsenal
  125. Happy Eidulfitri
  126. The Evolution of Islamic Banking Cases in Malaysia
  127. A New Dawn for Islamic banking in Malaysia
  128. Germany, UK and Spain face recession
  129. My Story: Ramadhan in Durham
  130. Ramadhan and Merdeka Wishes
  131. My Story: August 2008
  132. Renunciation of Islam: Woman’s appeal dismissed
  133. My Story
  134. Islamic Bonds Issuance Defies Gloom
  135. How safe is cash in a bank beyond UK regulation?
  136. The cases that changed Britain: 1972-2006 (Part V)
  137. The cases that changed Britain: 1955-1971 (Part IV)
  138. The cases that changed Britain: 1917-1954 (Part III)
  139. The cases that changed Britain: 1870-1916 (Part II)
  140. Oil giants return to Iraq: Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil and Total set to sign deal with Baghdad
  141. My Story
  142. The cases that changed Britain: 1785-1869 (Part I)
  143. Times Law Reports: from bottled snails to cannibalism
  144. The UK best law firms
  145. Iranian bank assets frozen by EU sanctions
  146. The market sets high oil prices to tell us what to do
  147. Supreme Court Condemns Guantanamou