Shari'a Compliant Equity Investments: The Development and Benefits of Shari'a Screening Methodologies

This book addresses two main areas of Islamic finance. It examines the historical development of Shari’a screening methodologies to date and investigates how the existing Shari’a screening methodologies can be enhanced for the benefit of the Islamic banking and finance (IBF) industry. A qualitative analysis and a statistical technique of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is carried out to offer a 360-degree view of Shari’a compliant equity investments, which will be of interest to Islamic f...