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TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 2 2. INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC BANK OF BRITAIN ................................ ................................ ............ 4 3. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS ................................ ................................ ................ 6 4. RATIONAL ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 7 5. LITERATURE REVIEW ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 8 KEY ELEMENTS OF LITER ATURE AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ................................ ..... 12 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES & QUESTIONS ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 12 I TEM OF LITERATURE ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 12 RELEVANCE TO RESEARCH ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 12 6. METHODOLOGY ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 13 7. RESEARCH ETHICS ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 17 8. RESEARCH CREDIBILITY ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 18 9. PHYSICAL RESOURCES ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 18 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 19 10. GLOSSARY OF ISLAMIC TERMS ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 21
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1.2 Sources of Sharia a Finance The term of Sharia a refers to Islamic Law as revealed in the Qur an and through the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him). The authority of Sharia a is drawn first and foremost from the specific guidance laid down in the Qur an. The second main source is the Sunnah, which is what the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) said, did, or approved of, and refers to the way in which the Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) lived his life. The third source is Ijma a or consensus, which involves the interpretation and analysis of newly arising issues by eminent qualified scholars of Fiqh who will arrive at a consensus or ruling about the issue in question. The fourth source is Qiyas or analogy, which is the process of analogical reasoning from a known injunction to a new injunction. According to this method, the ruling of the Qur an and Sunnah may be extended to a new problem provided that the precedent or asil and the new problem or far a shares the same operative or effective cause or illah. The fifth source is Ijtihad, which is, the effort of a qualified Islamic jurist to interpret or reinterpret sources of Islamic law in cases where no clear directives exist. (Islamic bank of Britain) 1.3 Sharia a Advisory Council Islamic banks and banking institutions that offer Islamic banking products and services are required to establish a Sharia a Supervisory Board (SSB) to advise them and to ensure that the operations and activities of the bank comply with Sharia a principles. The Islamic bank of Britain Supervisory committee consists of well known world leading scholars in the field of Islamic finance.
1.4 Modes of Sharia a Finance Islamic banking and finance has discovered many interest free operational modes to perform all kind of banking transactions. These modes includes: Mudarabah, Musharakah, Musharakah mutnaqisah, Ijarah, Ijarah wa iktina, Ijarah with diminishing Musharakah, Murabahah, Bai salam, Bai mu ajjal or Bai baithaman ajil, Bai Istisna, Bai eenah, Auqaf, Sukuk bond, Islamic mutual funds and Sharia a baby bond, etc. The Islamic bank i have chosen to study its development and progress and survival during the harsh times of recession, is Islamic Bank of Britain.
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Sharia a Compliant Financial products and services. But as awareness increases the Islamic Bank of Britain attract more customers, personal & business, regardless of their religion. By having an eye on the good performance of the Islamic banking other conventional banki ng adopt some of Sharia a Compliant financial products to retain their customers, those desire for Islamic banking. The world is still not clear on the difference of Islamic banking & finance and Conventional banking. They consider Sharia a Compliant financial products same as those offer by the conventional banking and how Islamic banking could clear the clouds and the storm of recession.
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To critically analyse business models of Islamic banking and conventional banking. To evaluate the impact of Sharia a Compliant Financial products on the UK conventional banking sector and the financial management of Islamic Bank of Britain. To evaluate the performance of Islamic Bank of Britain during credit crunch. To analyse and evaluate the survival of Islamic banking and Finance from the evil of recession. To evaluate the risk managment system of Islamic banking and conventional banking.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
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How do the business mode ls of Islamic banking and conventional banking operate? How does Sharia a finance impact conventiional banking in UK? To what extent Sharia a finance would resist recession and to what extent it would solve the problem of recession? How does Islamic banking see the risk managment process and how does Islamic law mitigate those risks?
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4. RATIONAL P ERSONAL
The researcher has a great interest in this research piece of work. The researcher has strong background of accounting, auditing and taxation, this research would expand his areas of knowledge and understanding. The researcher aims to further his career in banking industry and by carrying out this research would help him, where to step in i.e. Islamic banking or conventional banking.
B USINESS
Sharia a finance seems to be a key to success for the banking industry. Failure of the conventional banking to cure the problem of recession, put the world in complete new situation. Banks play a vital role in economy recovery and boom. This piece of research work would try to dig out the background and application of Sharia a finance, and would explore the main theme behind Sharia a finance. How could we fight the credit crunch and push the wolrd towards recovery and boom. Sharia a finance encourages legitimate trading activities and investment in assets. Legitimate trading activities could push the economy towards recovery and boom.
ACADEMIC
From the academic point of view, this research would clarify the difference between Islamic banking and conventional banking. This piece of work could be used to present an overview of the strengths of Islamic banking, and how could it be used to speed the growth of banking industry and pull the world out from the curse of the credit crunch. This in sight will assess the two types of banking approaches, Islamic banking and conventional banking. Islamic finance is growing rapidly in the future, many universities in the world offer Masters, PhD in the field of lslamic banking and finance. This research work could increase academic understanding of students before step in the practical world.
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Information on Islamic banking could be found in many forms, for example: dissertations (M. Kabir Hassan, 2009, Shakeel Ahmad, 2004, Khan, 1983), books written by many lea ding well known authors (Natalie Schoon, 2009, Hennie Van Greuning & Zamir Iqbal, 2008 Alexander Von Pock, 2007, Mahmud A El Gamal, 2006, Zubir Iqbal, Abbas Mirakhor, 1987), many published research reports (Ahmad, 1987), and thousands of journal articals. As charging of interest or Riba is forbidden in Islam. The Islamic banks have had to develop Sharia a Compliant financial products, the results came out with a number of interest free financail productsto serve the Muslim community. (Ali & Ali, 1994) Conventional banks and institutions have joined the race for providing Islamic products. They have special branches or departments for Islamic products and services in the UK (HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds TSB, Halifax, Netwest bank). This research work would try reveal the difference between conventional banking and Islamic banking, the main characteristics that differenate them from each other. (Shakeel Ahmad, 2004) Islamic banking and finance has great emphasis on profit while conventional banking put emphasis on interest. We would have an eye on the difference between profit and interest. (Faisal A. Alkassim, 2005, Shakeel Ahmad, 2004) As making money from money is not permissible in Islam. Therefore, Islamic banks have had developed a number of financial instruments through which they could attain growth and stability in the economy. (Shakeel Ahmad, 2004) The pie chart shows that Islamic banks lend most of its money through Murabahah contracts, followed by Musharakah, and Mudarabah. (Faisal A. Alkassim, 2005) Islamic derivatives comprises both futures and embedded options. Ebrahim (2001) recommendes to design, develop and implement Islamic hedging and rsik minimising facilities such as Islamic Futures (Bai Al Salam/Istisna). (Shakeel Ahmad, 2004) As market for the Isamic Sharia a Compliat financial products developed so there were the development and issue of Islamic bonds such as Sukuk bonds. AAOIFI defines Sukuk as being: Certificates of equal value representing after closing subscription, receipt pf the value of the certificates and putting it to use as planned, common title to shares and rights in tangible assets, usufructs and services, or equity of a given project or equity of a special investment activity . (Aims Academy for International Modern Studies) Islamic equity funds, the fiqh opinion is that, if objectivesof the company are legally consistent with Sharia a rules then its business is accept Exhibit and Muslim investors could
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buy shares of this company. This is the principle. (The Islamic fiqh Academy, 1992) (Osman Babikir Ahmed, 2001) Islamic Sharia a prohibits trading or investment from certain activities, are as follows: y y y y y y y y Financial services based on riba (Interest); Gambling; Manufacture or sale of non-halal products or related products; Conventional insurance; Entertainment activities that are non-permissible according to Sharia a; Manufacture or sale of tobacco-based products or related products; Stock broking or share trading in Sharia a non-compliant securities; Other activities deemed non -permissible according to Sharia a;
(Sharia a Negative List) Islamic banking has some impediments to grow and flourish in the whole world. These are categorised broadly as follows: y y y y y y y y y Social impediments Educational impediments Psychological impediments Economic impediments Political impediments Structural impediments Institutional impediments Technological impediments Religious impediments
However, these impediments could be reduced by the application specific strategies related to each impediment. (Shakeel Ahmad, 2004) In my research i would make a comparison between two banks, conventional (National bank of Dubai), and Islamic (Dubai Islamic Bank). (annual reports, 2007,2008,2009 of respective banks) This comparison would explore the strengths and weaknesses of conven tional banking and Islamic banking. This overview would also explore the resistance by each approach face from recession. How they tackle the problem of recession? This research would also have a critical eye on the establishment of Islamic Bank of Britain. How does Islamic Bank of Britain manage its financial activities in a region based on conventional banking? The above studies would be applied in that regard to achieve some useful results of Islamic Bank of Britain. What strategies it has adopted to fight in a very
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highly competitive market? How does it take the market and the banking sector? What are the major products it offer to the society, both Muslim and non -Muslim customers? What is the backbone of Islamic Bank of Britain, which protects it from the clouds of recession and how much resistance it has,? This research would give an idea about the financial products Islamic bank of Britain provides to the people, and their market viability and a small overview of the growth or performance comparison with other conventional banks. Islamic Bank of Britain was allowed to operate in August 2004, during the period until December 2004 the bank made a loss of 3.1m. The FSA has taken investigation about the loss figure and the FSA has been satisfied that this figure resulted by the initial costs legal and professional. (Annual report, 2004) In the period ending December 2005 the Islamic Bank of Britain had 25,403 customers while in the year ending December 2009 the bank has customer base of up to 50000. (Annua l reports, 2005 and 2009) The bank results have shown a considerable increase in customer base, customer deposits, customer financing (Annual Report, 2009). The performance and improvements in operations of Islamic Bank of Britain during the period from December 2004 to December 2009 has shown a great success and a potential market in UK. Despite of highly competitive sector and despite of the small size of the Islamic Bank of Britain proved that Islamic banking and finance could resist the challenges of recession and would contribute to drag the economy towards recovery and boom.
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KEY ELEMENTS OF LITER ATURE AND THEIR RELE VANCE TO THE PROPOSE D RESEARCH RESEARCH OBJECTIVES QUESTIONS & ITEM OF LITERATURE RELEVANCE TO RESEARCH
To critically analyse the business models of Islamic banking and conventional banking. How do the business models of Islamic banking and conventional banking operate?
These items of literature listed Natalie Schoon, 2009 give the main theme behind Zubair Iqbal, Abbas the two kinds of banking, Mirakhor, 1987 Islamic banking & conventional M. Kabir Hassan, 2005 banking.
To evaluate the impact of Sharia a compliant financial products on conventional banking sector of UK and the financial management of Islamic Bank of Britain. How does Sharia a finance impact conventional banking sector in UK? To evaluate the performance of the Islamic Bank of Britain during the period of credit crunch. To analyse and evaluate the survival of Islamic Banking and Finance from the evils of recession. To what extent Sharia a finance would resist recession and to what extent it could solve the problem? To evaluate the risk management systems of Islamic banking and conventional banking. How does Islamic banking see the process of risk management and what are the controls Islamic banking does have to mitigate those risks?
Shakeel Ahmad, 2004, Annual reports of respective banks, Hennie Van Greuning, Zamir Iqbal, 2008, Ahmad Abbas, 2005
These items of literature examine financial products market in the UK. These items would also help in assessing the financial management of Islamic Bank of Britain.
Annual Reports of respective banks, Faisal A. Alkassim, 2005, Ahmed Abbas, 2005, Romzie Rosman, 2008, M. Fahim Khan, 2010,
These items of literature would examine the resistance of Islamic banking and finance from the evils of credit crunch, the factors that contributes the survival of Islamic banking and finance.
Romzie Rosman, 2008, Martin Cihak, Heiko Hesse, 2008, Muhammad Al-Bashir Muhammad Al-Amine, 2008
These items of literature would insight of the risk management systems from both perspectives, Islamic banking and conventional banking.
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RESEARCH APPROACH
The research approach adopted would give a fair idea of the structure of the research work. As my research is based on Sharia a that no one can change or interpret in different ways, Sharia a is the code of life, the practices and activities. From general to specific, in that regard deductive approach will the most appropriate approach to carry out the research work. General rules that should be adopted in economic and then to make them more specific the application on banking and financial activities would be carried out. Both qualitative and quantitative data would be used to check the effectiveness of Islamic banking and conventional banking. By using the qualitative, a detailed case study, and qua ntitative techniques would be used, the growth rate for, financing loan, deposits and assets would be assessed for both, Islamic banks and conventional banks. Islamic Bank of Britain is a small bank as compared to other conventional banks operating in UK, despite its small size and speciality it has proved that Islamic banking has the capacity to grow in boom or recession. The Islamic Bank of Britain has made loss for the first 5 months
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year ending December 2004 but later it has achieved considerable growt h in banking sector. The final phase would conclude the results achieved by both, Islamic banking (Islamic Bank of Britain) and conventional banking (UK banking sector).
RESEARCH STRATEGY
The research strategy depends upon the area of concern or research topic. An appropriate research strategy would be that which solve the issues of the research area. For this research work, i have decided case study research involves an empirical investigation of a particular contemporary phenomenon within its real life context using multiple sources of evidence. (Saunders et al. 2009) In past, a lot of studies have been carried out in various parts of the world regarding Islamic banking and finance. Many countries have adopted Sharia a finance in recent years because their capitalist and communist economies went into recession, only Islamic banking and finance resist the credit crunch and despite the decrease in growth rate of Islamic banking and finance, it showed increase in its growth rate. The time frame for this research work is limited, therefore i will be using Snap Shot Case Study while it is not practical to use other forms of case studies i.e. Pre and post case studies. Case study approach would enable the researcher to carry out the research in deep detail and cover important bits.
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DATA SOURCES
The research work would be done by using mainly secondary data sources, as it would not be practical to use primary data sources, all data sources related to research objectives and research questions are secondary but reliable data sources. The table below shows the details in this regard:
OBJECTIVES & QUESTIONS To critically analyse the business models of Islamic banking and conventional banking. How do business models of Islamic banking and conventional banking operate? To evaluate the impact of Sharia a compliant financial products on conventional banking sector in UK and the financial management of Islamic Bank of Britain. How does Sharia a finance impact conventional banking sector in UK? To evaluate the performance of IBB during the period of credit crunch. To analyse and evaluate the survival of Islamic banking & finance from the evils of recession. To what extent Sharia a finance could resist recession and to what extent it could solve the problem? To evaluate the risk management system of Islamic banking and conventional banking. How does Islamic banking see the risk management process and how does Islamic banking mitigate those risks?
DATA SOURCES
RELEVANCE TO RESEARCH
Secondary information These data sources will be consists of online books, used to review business articles, and dissertations. models of Islamic banking and conventional banking. I will also review the efficiency operating models.
Secondary information such as published annual reports of Islamic Bank of Britain and other conventional banks. Previous academic research on banking industry would also be procured.
These sources would enable to assess the impact of Sharia a compliant financial products on conventional banking sector in UK and evaluate the outcomes.
Secondary information, such annual accounts, information from independent bodies such banking union in UK. Annual reports of bail out companies and banks. Or those banks who could not resist recession. Annual accounts of National bank of Dubai & Dubai Islamic bank. Secondary information from academic research and published articles and journals, books published recently covering the risk analysis of banking sector.
This information would assist me in carrying out the financial performance of IBB. It would also assist me to make another comparison of UAE banks. With the help of this information i will be able to conclude the resistance Islamic banking sector does have. These sources would give me an insight to assess and evaluate risk management processes of both, sectors in detail.
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7. RESEARCH ETHICS
This research will be governed by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) ethical guidelines (ESRC, 2005). In this research work ethical values have not been sacrificed, but the principles of ethics have been strictly adhered and proper controls needed to preserve the ethical issues. The table below explains the main ethical pri nciples along with controls in place.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES CONTROLS y Research should be designed, y It is the foremost duty to ensure that reviewed and conducted in such a the data sources are reliable and way as to ensure integrity and complete. This could be done by quality. assessing multiple independent data sources, in order to remove any ambiguity or errors. y Concerned parties or people should y This principle is not related to my be fully informed about the purpose, research work because the methods and applications of the information that will be used in my research, together with any risks research is mostly published and related to research. available to public at large. y Confidentiality and anonymity y The information that would be used related to this research must be for this research is published on the respected. public domain. However any specific data requested from participants would be discretely for the research purpose. y Participation should be voluntary. y All participants in this research are not forced to work; full freedom would be given to them. My friends and colleagues help me in this research on their own discretion. y Harm or damage to any participant y This research work is designed as should be avoided. participants will not be inquired with questions that offend them.
The research should be independent and any conflict of interest or partiality should be explicit to the participants.
I am not attached to any company therefore; the question of conflict of interest does not apply to this research.
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8. RESEARCH CREDIBILITY
This research piece of work is obtained from reliable information sources; data published on the public domain such as dissertations, articles, journals and books by leading academic writers, and published annual reports of respective banks. This research work is in conformity to the required schedule given us by our mentor Tim Harris. All required methodologies and techniques would be proper applied, such research objectives and questions, rationale, literature review, research philosophies, research approach, research strategy, data sources and ethical stance as at first place. This research is valid as information from different sources gathered to reach a valid conclusion.
9. PHYSICAL RESOURCES
These are the physical resources that would be required for this research work, laptop, broadband, stationary, books, journals, newspapers and mobile etc. The budget for this research work would not be more than 350. It would cover all essential expenses related to this research design.
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