Notes on Shariah, sustainability and the purpose of finance
A home for my writing on how Islamic finance can serve people and the planet, from Kuala Lumpur to the Gulf to Muslim communities in the West. Shared to start conversations, and responses are always welcome.
What I write about
Shariah in the disclosure era
What IFRS S2, Malaysia's NSRF, climate taxonomies and financed-emissions accounting mean for the way Shariah committees and boards think.
Beyond the green label
Zakat, waqf and risk-sharing as Islamic finance's own contribution to climate and social outcomes.
Prophetic ethics for finance
Reflections on the prophetic tradition and what it asks of people who manage other people's money.
Shariah governance that works
How scholarly reasoning becomes sound guidance, product design and decisions inside financial institutions.
Islamic finance in Western markets
What Muslims in the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe need from their financial systems, and what regulators there can learn from Malaysia and the Gulf.
Writing & talks
- Nov 2026Why Shariah and sustainability were never two agendas
- 2026
- Feb 2026
- 2022
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- 2019
- 2019Shariah governance in Saudi Arabia
- 2019
- 2018
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- 2016
Nothing here yet in this category.
Amana: Shariah, Sustainability & Stewardship
Each issue pairs a short reflection on the prophetic tradition with a look at one development in markets or regulation, and three things worth reading. The first issue arrives in November 2026.
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا ٱلْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْجِبَالِ
We offered the Trust to the heavens, the earth and the mountains.