The Islamic Finance Project (IFP) is the continuation of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program (HIFIP), which was established by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in 1995. IFP is now part of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at Harvard Law School. It aims to study the field of Islamic finance from the legal and shari'a points of view by analyzing contemporary scholarship, inducing collaboration among scholars within and outside the Muslim world, and increasing the interaction between theory and practice in Islamic finance....Continue
EIGHTH HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORUM ON ISLAMIC FINANCE
Innovation and Authenticity

April 19-20, 2008
Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
The Eighth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance will be held at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from April 18 to 20, 2008. The Forum will explore .Innovation and Authenticity. in Islamic Finance. Also there will be a Pre-Forum Workshop on Microfinance: Towards a Sustainable Islamic Finance Model.
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SEVENTH HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORUM ON ISLAMIC FINANCE
The Seventh Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, entitled “Integrating Islamic Finance in the Mainstream: Regulation, Standardization, and Transparency,” was held on April 22-23, 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The biennial event was hosted by the Islamic Finance Project (IFP), which is now in its third year as part of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at the Harvard Law School. As with past forums, the Seventh Forum attracted leading academics, shari’a scholars, and pra .... Continue...

PRE-FORUM WORKSHOP ON SELECT ETHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN SHARĪ`A-COMPLIANT FINANCE
In keeping with its goals to encourage collaboration among scholars within and outside the Muslim world, and to increase interaction between theory and practice, the Islamic Finance Project (IFP), on Friday, April 21, 2006 – the day preceding IFP’s biennial conference – for the first time hosted an all-day, closed-door workshop on select ethical and methodological issues in Islamic finance with leading economists and shari'a experts in the field. Moderated by Professor Frank Vogel, the D .... Continue...