On Wash-Sales and Market Making/ Manipulation (MM)
My last blog on A Day with Market Manipulators and Shariah Compliant Token Peddlers invited some unexpected bouquets and brickbats for me. Like other fellow…
A Day with Market Manipulators and “Shariah-Compliant” Token Peddlers
How Shariah-compliant are the so-called Islamic tokens in the service of the Ummah? This intriguing question has led me on a few occasions to interact…
Using Metaverse Technology to Create an Islamic Meta Economy – I
Increasingly commonplace among the internet community, the term “metaverse” evokes mixed reactions as it is subjected to varied interpretations. At one extreme, Muslims are particularly…
When Salam is Used to Justify Sale of Non-Existent Tokens
Public memory is notoriously short. Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) made their appearance in the year 2017. Over the next two years, about 2150 projects raised…
Zakat Made Easy – III
Conditions and Calculation Methods This article is Part 3 of an ongoing series titled, ‘Zakat Made Easy’ – Continued from Part 2 Giving out…
Zakat Made Easy – II
Analyzing Zakat in the Quran This article is Part 2 of an ongoing series titled, ‘Zakat Made Easy’ – Continued from Part 1 The…
Awqaf Beneficiaries – The Pleasure is All Yours
Guest Blog by Hisham Dafterdar, CPA, PhD Chairman, Awkaf Australia Ltd The waqf is a feature of Islamic civilization; and it’s not so much about the grand mosques…
Zakat Made Easy – I
What Is Zakat and Why Should I Pay It? This article is Part 1 of an ongoing series titled, ‘Zakat Made Easy’ The recipe for…
Decrypting Cryptos – VII
NFTs from an Islamic Perspective (Shaykh Dr Sajid Umar, Standing Shariah Committee, Islamic Council of Europe (ICE), Interviewed by Usman Malik) Continued from Decrypting Cryptos…
Decrypting Cryptos – VI
Tokens from an Islamic Perspective (Shaykh Dr Sajid Umar, Standing Shariah Committee, Islamic Council of Europe (ICE), Interviewed by Usman Malik) Continued from Decrypting Cryptos…
Decrypting Cryptos – V
Islamic Arguments against Cryptocurrencies (Shaykh Dr Sajid Umar, Standing Shariah Committee, Islamic Council of Europe (ICE), Interviewed by Usman Malik) Continued from Decrypting Cryptos –…
Decrypting Cryptocurrency – IV
Islamic Rulings on Bitcoin and Altcoins (Shaykh Dr Sajid Umar, Standing Shariah Committee, Islamic Council of Europe (ICE), Interviewed by Usman Malik) Continued from Decrypting…
Story of Kulagalgalo from Ethiopia
Guest Blog by Syed Mohammed Aftab Alam, Cash and Vouchers Specialist (Global Lead) Plan International Global Hub, Disaster Risk Management Department Kulagalgalo is in a…
Awqafability: Many Happy Returns
Guest Blog by Hisham Dafterdar, CPA, PhD Chairman, Awkaf Australia Ltd Sustainability is broadly defined as the ability of something to maintain or “sustain” itself over…