Islamic Finance

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic University

المملكة العربية السعودية وزارة التعليم الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment

FIN416 (1st Term 2021-2022)

Deadline: 31/12/2021 @ 23:59

Course Name: Islamic Finance	Student’s Name:
Course Code: FIN416	Student’s ID Number:
Semester: I	CRN:
Academic Year: 1442/1443 H, 1st Term

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructor’s Name: Dr. Sulaiman Mania Aldhawyan
Students’ Grade: / 20	Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

· This assignment is an individual assignment.

· The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via allocated folder.

· Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.

· Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.

· Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.

· Late submission will NOT be accepted.

· Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.

· All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).

Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

You are to write between a 3,000 to 5,000 word assignment in the form of a scholarly article for publication in a major law review journal on any one of the following topics:

• The international regulatory bodies and standards for Islamic financial institutions (IFIs).

• Financial technologies (FinTech) in Islamic finance sector.

• An analysis of the structuring of Islamic securities; namely sukuk.

• The Shariah governance of IFIs: Operation and Challenges

• The distinctions between Islamic insurance—takaful—and conventional insurance.

• The contemporary applications of the classical contracts in Islamic finance (choose one or two contracts; for example: murabahah and/or mudarabah).

• Other areas related to Islamic finance sector.