University of Bahrain Launches Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Islamic Business and Finance

The University of Bahrain has launched the Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Islamic Business and Finance. The conference is organized by the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, with technical support from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and in partnership with the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB).

The conference hosted several speakers, including Mr. Omar Mustafa Ansari, Secretary-General of AAOIFI; Abeer Janahi, Head of Sustainability at Bahrain Islamic Bank; and Dr. Aleksandar Avdukić, Professor of Political Economy and Islamic Finance at the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom.

A panel discussion was also held under the title “Integrating Maqasid al-Shariah and Sustainability Principles into Islamic Finance.”

The conference presented research findings on a wide range of developments in business and Islamic finance through 14 parallel sessions, chaired by University of Bahrain faculty members, in which 67 research papers were presented.

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