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Rethinking the strategic reach of Sharia boards. Abdel-Maoula Chaar. Abdel-Maoula Chaar. AM Chaar – Oman 1 st Islamic Finance & Banking Conference - Oman – January 2012. Overview of the presentation. Sharia Supervisory boards as guardian of Sharia compliancy
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Rethinking the strategic reach of Sharia boards Abdel-Maoula Chaar Abdel-Maoula Chaar AM Chaar – Oman 1st Islamic Finance & Banking Conference - Oman – January 2012
Overview of the presentation • Sharia Supervisoryboards as guardian of Sharia compliancy • Reputation and Sharia boardsefficiency • The strategicreach of Sharia boards
Sharia Boards primary task • Ensuring the Sharia compliency of the operations • Suggesting Sharia compliant solutions to the bank • Reducing the liability of newness by giving legitimacy to the banks
Assessing the scolars’ proficiency • Measuring the technicalefficiency of the financialoperations • Evaluating the soundness of the fatawas • Using the reputation as proxy
Evaluating reputation • Incapacity to assess the proficiency of scholars • Perceivedreputationlinked to pointers
Evaluating reputation recruits recruits Bank1 Scholar Bank2 REPUTATION + + + JOIN JOIN + ATTRACKS Clients + + +
Islamic banking in Lebanon • Population: 4 million • Religious factions: 17 • Number of muslims: 60% app. • Main Muslimsects: Sunni / Shi’a
Islamic banking in Lebanon Legitimacy in local Sunni market Sunni Scholar Legitimacy in international and interbank markets International Scholar SSB Islamic Bank Shi’a Scholar Legitimacy in local Shi’a market
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