At a meeting held in Bahrain, a group of AAOIFI* scholars approved, subject to certain minor technical adjustments, a structure that could allow sukuk to be issued in France under existing law. […]
CIFIE-Europlace collaboration
We are pleased to announce that your French Shari’ah Board, CIFIE (legal division), is actively taking part in the review of the translations of the AAOIFI* standards at the request of Paris-Europlace**. […]
International Islamic finance conference at the IIIT
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT France) is organising: the International Conference on Islamic Finance, 18 March 2010 […]
Islamic finance in France
• The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) note of 17 July 2007. It is the first text of French law that expressly addresses Islamic finance. […]
What’s new at CIFIE?
The CIFIE Shari’ah Board is organising: a conference and debate on Islamic finance: “Islamic finance: a solid alternative, or merely techniques replacing others?” Saturday 13 February 2010 at 7.45 p.m. […]
Hidden defects العيوب الباطنة
The Maliki school clarifies this important point in the relationship between seller and buyer. […]
The non-fixing of prices in Islamic law
In Islamic law, price fixing is regarded as an act contrary to justice. Islamic law holds that in normal circumstances there should be no regulation of prices: the market takes care of it. […]
Discount for early repayment of a debt
By our partner: doctrine-malikite.fr. We have already discussed the prohibition of riba (usury) with its two categories, riba an-nasi’a (in loans) and riba al-fadl (in exchanges). […]
What training for Islamic finance?
By our partner: Association Finequity, “For ethical, fair and solidarity-based finance”. ISLAMIC FINANCE: the training challenge. Overview of the training on offer in France […]
The principles of Islamic finance
Introduction. The main prohibitions. The main requirements. Introduction. Islam regards money (which belongs to God) as a means and a trial to test the believer’s faith. […]