Episode 7-Halal or Hype? Demystifying Islamic...

Why are major financial institutions struggling to scale sustainable Islamic finance?In this episode of Majlis & Markets, we sit down with Maya Marissa Malek, CEO of Sābiq Advisory, to unpack the critical operational gaps, compliance tensions, and commercial realities shaping mod ...  Show more

The $6 trillion Islamic finance market faces an existential tension: it was built to champion equitable risk-sharing, yet it remains heavily dominated by rigid, rule-based legal screening. Can artificial intelligence resolve this bottleneck? Can advanced machine learning models m ...  Show more

For a conscientious Muslim, managing ones money in the West can be a difficult prospect. Islam has a series of rules to do with money, the prohibition of riba (interest) being the key one, and rules on trade that often places it at odds with a rather laissez faire Neo liberal mod ...  Show more

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Why did Allah create money? What is Gold & Silver? Why are they in heaven? Why is interest haram? Is credit Card debt Haram? Can I get a Student Loan or is it haram? Can I get a mortgage in America or is it haram? Is it haram to get a car loan or should I lease. How do I g ...

In this episode, Saifdean talks to Safdar Alam, CEO of investment firm Maydan Capital, about Islamic finance. Safdar starts by describing the basic principles of Islamic finance and the ethical justification for Islam’s prohibition on lending with interest. He and Saifedean th ...