Islamic Finance Council UK
UKIFC Managing Director Omar Shaikh delivered a virtual lecture with the World Muslim Communities Council, on Saturday 5th December 2020. Entitled “Moral Economy and Green Recovery After Covid-19: Islamic Awqaf…
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The second Islamic Finance and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Taskforce meeting has taken place virtually bringing together over 50 global Islamic finance leaders. At the meeting, convened by…
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Britain has failed to deliver on a government commitment to boost the sector, says UKIFC founder & managing director Omar Shaikh in an interview for Arabian Business. The British Islamic…
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UKIFC was proud to be s upporter of Ethical Finance 2020. The annual summit, organised by the Global Ethical Finance Initiative, was held virtually for the first time in 2020…
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UKIFC is a signatory of the Global Ethical Finance Initiative‘s Path to COP26 campaign, and is collaborating on the #FaithInSDGs workstream, which forms a part of the campaign. Ahead of…
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This article originally appeared in Volume 17, Issue 29 of Islamic Finance News, and was authored by Omar Shaikh, co-founder and CEO of UKIFC and Chris Tait, Project Manager of…
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The inaugural Islamic Finance and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Taskforce meeting took place virtually, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing together over 40 global Islamic finance leaders.…
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The Islamic Finance Council UK (UKIFC), in partnership with Malaysia based International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA), has launched the first report in a thought leadership series that…
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Umer Suleman of UKIFC appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Beyond Belief, to discuss Islamic finance, ethical finance and the Edinburgh Finance Declaration with presenter Ernie Rea. “It is estimated that…
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The UKIFC, in partnership with BDO, Gatehouse Bank, Ocorian and Shepherd + Weddernburn has launched a brochure to promote Shariah compliant real estate investment opportunities in Scotland. With the London…
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