
Abdul Karim AldohniNewcastle University | NCL · Newcastle Law School
Abdul Karim Aldohni
LLB; LLM; PhD
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While there seems to be a growing appetite for Islamic finance products at a global level, the parties using these products do not seem to pay enough attention to how best they can resolve any disputes arising from these agreements. It is a shortfall that undermines the Islamic compliance aspect of these transactions and jeopardises their unique Is...
The regulatory protection of credit consumers, in general, is paramount due to the considerable use of credit, the imbalanced bargaining positions of the contracting parties and the adverse effect of over-indebtedness on individuals and society alike. These concerning factors are worsened in the case of High-Cost Short-Term Credit (HCSTC) consumers...
The 2008 financial crisis exposed the dark side of the financial sector in the UK. It brought attention to the contaminated culture of the business, which accommodated the systemic malpractices that largely contributed to the financial turmoil of 2008. In the wake of the crisis there seems to be a wide consensus that this contaminated culture can n...
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the consumer credit market in the UK has witnessed a proliferation in the number of high-cost short-term credit (HCSTC) providers promising easy access to credit without the complications of credit history. This act of generosity came at a very high price, which on some occasions reached 4000% APR. After re...
The legal and regulatory aspects of Islamic banking present a challenge to most financial and regulatory authorities. To many observers, legal and regulatory complexity in this respect stems from the link between the banking business and Islamic law. Compliance with some Islamic rulings forces the sector to operate an unusual business model, which...
The Islamic banking sector has grown significantly over the last three decades and reached many international financial markets. As their name suggests Islamic banks are governed by the rules of Islamic law (Sharia). The Sharia compliance requirement has its implication on the nature of Islamic banks’ operations. The prohibition of interest prevent...
With the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) having just published its ‘comprehensive review’ of some aspects of the business of short‐term lenders, this article examines the phenomenon of short‐term lenders. It draws on the legal and conceptual changes in the United Kingdom's consumer credit sector that have aided their proliferation. It argues that shor...
During the last ten years the Islamic banking sector has grown rapidly, at an international level, as well as in individual jurisdictions including the UK. Islamic finance differs quite substantially from conventional banking, using very different mechanisms, and operating according to a different theory as it is based on Islamic law. Yet at the sa...
Growth in the Islamic Banking (IB) and Islamic Finance (IF) sectors has attracted a significant level of academic interest, one of the manifestations of this being the rise in the number of academic courses, particularly at the postgraduate level, that aim to provide a better understating of the operations of the IF sector. Further, in the wake of...
Jewish Law in Transition: How Economic Forces Overcame the Prohibition Against Lending on Interest. GamoranHillel. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI, 2008, 225 pp (hardback £31.50) ISBN: 978-0-878-20462-5 - Volume 14 Issue 1 - Abdul Karim Aldohni
Islamic banking is a financial phenomenon that has taken many specialists by surprise. In this respect, the uniqueness of Islamic banks comes from their ability to grow fast and extend to non-Muslim financial markets. Therefore, it is crucial to examine the elements that have led to this development, taking into account the differences between the...