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Higher Accountability Framework for the Muslim Charities: Assessing Accountability Performance of Muslim Charities in the UK (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Avdukic, A., Awan, A. M., Abu Ghunmi, D., & Khaleel, F. (2023, June). Higher Accountability Framework for the Muslim Charities: Assessing Accountability Performance of Muslim Charities in the UK. Paper presented at 14th EIASM Workshop on the Challenges of Managing the Third Sector, University of Aberdeen

This paper cross-examines the performance of Muslim charities against the mandates given by donors and beneficiaries. The mandate is conceptualised using framework of maqasid Shari’ah: a set of principles of Shariah accountability. The Muslim chariti... Read More about Higher Accountability Framework for the Muslim Charities: Assessing Accountability Performance of Muslim Charities in the UK.

Future proofing the Integrity of Assessments against the Power of Artificial Intelligence (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaleel, F., & Harte, P. (2023, May). Future proofing the Integrity of Assessments against the Power of Artificial Intelligence. Presented at U!REKA Connects 2023, Amsterdam

The participants will learn about the difference in AI and traditional cheating. We will explore how we can use and develop on our existing knowledge and practices of authentic assessments to mitigate the risk of all types of plagiarism, including th... Read More about Future proofing the Integrity of Assessments against the Power of Artificial Intelligence.

The Art of Planetary Maintenance: South Asian Religions and Sustainability (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaleel, F., & Avdukic, A. (2023, May). The Art of Planetary Maintenance: South Asian Religions and Sustainability. Paper presented at South Asian Anthropocenes, Edinburgh

In this session, we will explore the mindset and practices on human, social and environmental sustainability that are created by and embedded in the South Asian religions and socio-cultural systems. South Asia as a region is religiously and culturall... Read More about The Art of Planetary Maintenance: South Asian Religions and Sustainability.

Keep calm and carry on: ChatGPT doesn’t change a thing for academic integrity (2023)
Digital Artefact
Harte, P., & Khaleel, F. (2023). Keep calm and carry on: ChatGPT doesn’t change a thing for academic integrity. [https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/keep-calm-and-carry-chatgpt-doesnt-change-thing-academic-integrity]

ChatGPT, while impressive, has little impact in the context of academic integrity and misconduct. Let us explain. In the past students could hire a ghost writer through widely available and easily accessible essay mills to write an assignment. Now wi... Read More about Keep calm and carry on: ChatGPT doesn’t change a thing for academic integrity.

Financial Environment for Refugees and Immigrant Communities: Islamic Finance in Action (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Avdukic, A., Rahmani, A., Alsagir, M., & Khaleel, F. (2023, March). Financial Environment for Refugees and Immigrant Communities: Islamic Finance in Action. Presented at Financial Environment for Refugees and Immigrant Communities: Islamic Finance in Action, Dundee

This project and conference is part funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. Making management of migration flows more efficient across the European Union.

Religion as a barrier to the use of student loans for higher education: A community‐based participatory study with Somalis living in England (2022)
Journal Article
Avdukic, A., Khaleel, F., Abdullah, A., & Brawe, A. H. (2023). Religion as a barrier to the use of student loans for higher education: A community‐based participatory study with Somalis living in England. British Educational Research Journal, 49(2), 370-404. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3847

The unwillingness of the Somali community to finance higher education has largely gone unnoticed within the academic literature and government policy documents. This study explores the role of religion and the influence of Shari'ah scholars on the us... Read More about Religion as a barrier to the use of student loans for higher education: A community‐based participatory study with Somalis living in England.

When it Comes to Risk, Is Sukuk Better Than Conventional Bonds? A Comparative Study of NASDAQ Securities (2022)
Book Chapter
Farah, A.-N. A., Avdukic, A., & Khaleel, F. (2022). When it Comes to Risk, Is Sukuk Better Than Conventional Bonds? A Comparative Study of NASDAQ Securities. In T. Azid, M. Mukhlisin, & O. Altwijry (Eds.), Wealth management and investment in Islamic settings: opportunities and challenges (283-312). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3686-9_17

This chapter analyses the risk levels of sukuk portfolio compared to conventional bonds, using a sample data that is extracted from daily closing prices of Sukuk and bonds that are traded in Nasdaq Dubai’s security market. The recent data show that g... Read More about When it Comes to Risk, Is Sukuk Better Than Conventional Bonds? A Comparative Study of NASDAQ Securities.

Exploring the Ethics of Regulatory Models in the Medieval Muslim World: Historico-Ethical Patterns of Political Economic Narratives on Institutionalisation of Ethics within the Classical Literature (A.D. 950 – 1450) (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaleel, F. (2022, July). Exploring the Ethics of Regulatory Models in the Medieval Muslim World: Historico-Ethical Patterns of Political Economic Narratives on Institutionalisation of Ethics within the Classical Literature (A.D. 950 – 1450). Paper presented at The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics: Research Network ‘R’ Virtual Conference, Durham University

No abstract available.

Exploring the Brand Effect of Islamic Bank on the General Population of Scotland (2021)
Journal Article
Jackson, J., & Khaleel, F. (2021). Exploring the Brand Effect of Islamic Bank on the General Population of Scotland. Global Review of Islamic Economics and Business, 9(1), 119-138. https://doi.org/10.14421/grieb.2021.091-09

The United Kingdom (UK) currently has one of the most attractive regulatory and tax systems in the world for Islamic finance, as well as being far ahead of other western nations for provision of Islamic finance, with five sharia-compliant banks. Yet... Read More about Exploring the Brand Effect of Islamic Bank on the General Population of Scotland.

Concept of Sustainability in Abrahamic Religions (2021)
Book Chapter
Khaleel, F., & Avdukic, A. (2021). Concept of Sustainability in Abrahamic Religions. In U. Burki, T. Azid, & R. Francis Dahlstrom (Eds.), Foundations of Sustainable Economy: Moral, Ethical and Religious Perspectives (69-80). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003010579-7

Leaders of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have publicly advocated action to endogenies sustainable development goals as part of their welfare programmes and policies. Within the Abrahamic religions a strong financial emphasises is placed on the n... Read More about Concept of Sustainability in Abrahamic Religions.

Ontological Authority of Sustainability in Buddhist and Hindu traditions: The art of Planetary Maintenance (2021)
Book Chapter
Khaleel, F., & Shoba, K. (2021). Ontological Authority of Sustainability in Buddhist and Hindu traditions: The art of Planetary Maintenance. In U. Burki, T. Azid, & R. F. Dahlstrom (Eds.), Foundations of Sustainable Economy: Moral, Ethical and Religious Perspectives (96-104). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003010579

The global view of Hinduism is complex and dynamic. The Hindusim narratives broadly revolve around the themes of the earth and people. Prosperity and profit are attached to people and the world. Theoretically, Lakshmi is a goddess and worshipped by t... Read More about Ontological Authority of Sustainability in Buddhist and Hindu traditions: The art of Planetary Maintenance.

A Cultural Democracy Perspective on Institution of Hisbah (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaleel, F. (2021, February). A Cultural Democracy Perspective on Institution of Hisbah. Presented at Guest Lecture at Al-Maktoum College - University of Dundee, Dundee

Guest lecture at Al-Maktoum College - University of Dundee.

Designing online assessment to prevent academic misconduct (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine
Harte, P., & Khaleel, F. (2021). Designing online assessment to prevent academic misconduct. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/designing-online-assessment-prevent-academic-misconduct

Traditional proctored exams rarely work when teaching online so instructors must rely on careful assessment design to minimise the opportunity and temptation to cheat, explain Patrick Harte and Fawad Khaleel

Available at:

https://www.timeshighe... Read More about Designing online assessment to prevent academic misconduct.

History of economic thoughts hidden within the archives of Abrahamic religions (2020)
Book Chapter
Khaleel, F., & Avdukic, A. (2020). History of economic thoughts hidden within the archives of Abrahamic religions. In V. Efendic (Ed.), Islamic Finance Practices: Experiences from South Eastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34420-7

The Ibrahimic religions in spite of their theological differences, share many common grounds in their view of right and wrong within relation to persuasion of market regulations and orthology of governing the market. This research focuses on these co... Read More about History of economic thoughts hidden within the archives of Abrahamic religions.

Exploring the epistemology of utility function in Islamic economics: Foundation of Islamic finance (2020)
Book Chapter
Avdukic, A., & Khaleel, F. (2020). Exploring the epistemology of utility function in Islamic economics: Foundation of Islamic finance. In V. Efendic (Ed.), Islamic Finance Practices: Experiences from South Eastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34420-7

An opinion held by the majority of Muslims scholars, such as, Ibn Tamiyah, supports the contention that each thing or act has an ethical value that can be comprehended through reason. Two different methodologies are used for applying reason onto mora... Read More about Exploring the epistemology of utility function in Islamic economics: Foundation of Islamic finance.

Accounting for the Ideology and Culture within Literature: Deconstruction of Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance (2019)
Journal Article
Khaleel, F., & Avdukic, A. (2019). Accounting for the Ideology and Culture within Literature: Deconstruction of Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance. Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, 8(2), 112-137

There currently exists a body of discourse on finance, economics, and social governance representative of emerging and contemporary Islamic thought with an aim to create an Islamic perspective within these fields. It consists of legal rulings, recomm... Read More about Accounting for the Ideology and Culture within Literature: Deconstruction of Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance.

Accounting for the failures of islamic legal theory at public administration: political economy of historical institution of hisbah as a regulatory body (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Avdukić, A., & Khaleel, F. (2019, October). Accounting for the failures of islamic legal theory at public administration: political economy of historical institution of hisbah as a regulatory body. Presented at Sarajevo Islamic Finance and Economics Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The aim in this paper is to examine the implementation and working of market regulations within the Muslim world with the objective of investigating the political economy of institution of hisbah, and examining the process of construction of regulati... Read More about Accounting for the failures of islamic legal theory at public administration: political economy of historical institution of hisbah as a regulatory body.

Accounting For Nonverbal Behavior in Literature: A Case of Peculiar Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaleel, F. (2018, July). Accounting For Nonverbal Behavior in Literature: A Case of Peculiar Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance. Paper presented at Durham International Workshop in Islamic Economics and Finance

Muslim scholars representative of emerging and contemporary Islamic thought have produced a body of discourse on finance, economics, and social governance that aims to create an Islamic perspective within these fields. It consists of legal rulings, r... Read More about Accounting For Nonverbal Behavior in Literature: A Case of Peculiar Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance.

Redefining Poverty and Its Measurement: An Islamic Political Economy Perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Khaleel, F. (2017). Redefining Poverty and Its Measurement: An Islamic Political Economy Perspective. Global Review of Islamic Economics and Business, 4(2), 68-81

Islamic economists have always taken the position on the intrinsic capability of poverty alleviation in the Islamic economic model. The poverty, in economics and social sciences, is taken in the context of economic deprivation. Among the multitudinou... Read More about Redefining Poverty and Its Measurement: An Islamic Political Economy Perspective.