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Sukuk: An Islamic Financial Instrument

Management and Administrative Sciences Review

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Title Sukuk: An Islamic Financial Instrument
 
Creator Rezaei, Zeinab; Department of Accounting, Shoush Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoush, Iran
 
Subject
bonds; Sukuk; risks; financing;
 
Description In recent years, using a new instrument - called Sukuk- has been increasingly taken into consideration in Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Bahrain, Qatar and even some European countries. Sukuk is a financial instrument backed by physical assets and balance sheet; Sukuk bonds can be used as a financing method for government agencies as well as private companies. Given the importance of the issue, this paper first discusses the history and defines Sukuk. The following types of Sukuk, structures and risk associated with these securities have been studied. The next sections explain the differences between Islamic bonds and conventional financial bonds and Sukuk world situation as well. Then, Sukuk accounting standards have been fully described and finally, conclusions and summarizes are presented.
 
Publisher Academy of Business & Scientific Research
 
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Date 2013-07-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/masr/article/view/108
 
Source Management and Administrative Sciences Review; Vol 2, No 3 (2013); 261-267
2308-1368
2310-872X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/masr/article/view/108/134
 
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