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Dr Ahmed Alkhan

Lecturer Ethical Finance & Accountancy

Biography

Dr Ahmed Alkhan has extensive experience in the Islamic Banking industry, including a Shari’a Auditor at Gulf Finance House (GFH), Head of Shari’a at Family Bank, Senior Examiner at the Central Bank of Bahrain (Inspection Directorate – Islamic Financial Institutions Team), and Head of Shari’a Compliance at Seera Investment Bank.

Dr Alkhan further served as an Assistant Professor of Islamic Finance (University of Bahrain) for several years, where he lectured in various undergraduate/postgraduate modules pertaining to Islamic Finance. He is the author of numerous academic articles, which were published in journals such as Arab Law Quarterly (Brill), Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research (Emerald), Borsa Istanbul Review, Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance, and Journal of Risk and Financial Management.

Dr Alkhan holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Wales, Bangor, UK, Masters of Science (MSc) from DePaul University, IL, USA, Master of Arts (MA) from SOAS University of London, UK, with distinction, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Bolton, UK, with distinction, in Islamic Finance. He serves as a Shari’a Supervisory Board member of numerous Islamic financial institutions globally.

Research Interests

Islamic Finance, Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory), Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence), Fiqh al-Muʿāmilāt (Islamic Jurisprudence of Transactions), Sharīʿah Governance, Sharīʿah Auditing, Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah (Objectives of Islamic Law), Islamic Financial Products, Qualitative Research in Islamic Finance, Philosophy of Islamic Finance.

Publications

Alkhan, A. (2023) The Maqasid Al-Shari’ah and Islamic Finance Debate: The Underlying Philosophy, and Perspectives of Shari’ah Scholars. Arab Law Quarterly, 37 (1-2), pp. 80-110. [Scopus; ESCI; Index Islamicus] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15730255-BJA10075

AlSaadi, A., Hassan, M.K., Alkhan, A. (2022) Shari’a Governance in Bahrain: Analysing the Islamic banking industry’s implementation of the newly regulatory issued Shari’a Governance module. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15 (10): 418, pp. 1-22. [Scopus]

Alkhan, A. and Hassan, M.K (2021) Does Islamic Microfinance Serve Maqasid Al-Shari’a?. Borsa Istanbul Review, 21 (2), pp. 57-68. [Scopus; SSCI; SCIE] DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2020.07.002

Alkhan, A. (2021) An Analysis of Murabahah and Ijarah Muntahiya bit- Tamlik: How Do Islamic Banks Choose Which Product to Utilize?. Arab Law Quarterly, 35 (4), pp. 444-465. [Scopus; ESCI; Index Islamicus] DOI: doi.org/10.1163/15730255-14030662

Alkhan, A., Hassan, M.K., Hasan, R. (2020) Conceptualizing Islamic Credit Cards based on Musharaka Mutanaqisa. Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance, 11 (4), pp. 747-766. [Scopus] DOI: https://doi.org/10.21098/jimf.v6i4.1257

Alkhan, A. and Hassan, M.K (2020) How do takaful operators decide which model to adopt? A case study from the Kingdom of Bahrain. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, 11 (9), pp. 1677-1688. [Scopus; ABDC; ABS] DOI: doi.org/10.1108/JIABR-02-2020-0044

Alkhan, A. (2020) Analysing Product Utilization by Islamic Retail Banks: The Case of Bahrain Islamic Bank and Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 10 (4), pp. 415-426. [Scopus]

Alkhan, A. and Hassan, M.K (2020) Takaful operators: analysing segregated accounts between operator/participants. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, 11 (9), pp. 1649-1664. [Scopus; ABDC; ABS] DOI: doi.org/10.1108/JIABR-01-2020-0005

Alkhan, A. (2020) Analyzing the Practice of Musharaka Mutanaqisa in the Islamic Banking Industry: The Kingdom of Bahrain as a Case Study. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 10 (3), pp. 275-288. [Scopus]

Alkhan, A. and Hassan, M.K (2019) Tawarruq: Controversial or Acceptable?. Arab Law Quarterly, 33 (4), pp. 307-333. [Scopus; ESCI; Index Islamicus] DOI: doi.org/10.1163/15730255-12334042

Book Chapter:

Farooq, M.O. and Alkhan, A. (2020) ‘Case Studies of Shari’ah Governance in Practice: Bahrain’. In: Ali, Tariq, Al-Quradaghi, (ed.), The Edinburgh Companion to Shari’ah Governance in Islamic Finance. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.