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.
At the FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris 75014
Contact:
contact@cifie.fr
About the committee:
The Independent Committee for Islamic Finance in Europe (CIFIE), headquartered in Paris, was born of a desire to answer, in an effective and authentic way, the questions raised by the presence of Islamic finance in France and in Europe.
In our view, Islamic finance cannot be handled properly and rigorously without taking its context into account. This is why, in addition to eminent specialists in Islamic law, in particular fiqh al-mu’amalat, our committee includes seasoned professionals and specialists in (conventional) finance and French law.
Our committee is independent. The scholars and specialists who make it up live and practise in metropolitan France, and their long experience in the field gives them the perspective needed in this thorny and complex area in relation to the French context.
To achieve its objectives and ensure the best quality of service and authentic fatwas, the committee has three main divisions:
CJC division (Committee of Jurists): made up of specialists (scholars) in Islamic law living and practising in metropolitan France. Its mission is to issue legal opinions (fatwas) on Islamic financial products.
For the biographies of the members of the CJC, click here.
CDF division (Committee of Financiers): made up of professionals and doctors in conventional finance. Its mission is to support the CJC in the analysis of financial products.
CJF division (Committee of Legal Experts): made up of specialists in French law. Its mission is to endorse Islamic products with regard to French law: taxation, compliance and so on.
Programme
Islamic finance: a solid alternative, or merely techniques replacing others?
Presentation: Tarik Abou Nour, Secretary General of CIFIE
“Ethical requirements and risk control in Islamic finance”: by the President of CIFIE
“Islamic finance and the economic crisis”: by Sheikh Abderrahmane BELMADI, Vice-President of CIFIE
“The latest news on Islamic finance in France”: by our partner Finequity
§ Debate and questions and answers.
Partners:
CEMEIA: Centre Euro Méditerranéen pour l’Étude de l’Islam Aujourd’hui: www.cemeia.com
FINEQUITY: associationfinequity.hautetfort.com/
Practical details
Venue: FIAP Jean Monnet, “Paris” room
30 Rue Cabanis 75014 PARIS (Métro Saint-Jacques)
Date: Saturday 13 February
Time: 7.45 p.m.
Information and free registration at: contact@cifie.fr
Free admission, registration required