Focus and Scope

Focus

The Journal of Islamic Economics Perspectives (JIEP) is an international journal that reviews articles to promote strong and creative research in Islamic economics, which is based on values and principles that relate to today's market systems and institutions. The journal seeks to position Islamic economics not merely as a prescriptive moral discourse but as a coherent framework of economic reasoning capable of contributing to debates on financial governance, distributive justice, sustainability, ethical markets, and systemic reform. JIEP prioritises analytically robust, theoretically grounded, and empirically substantiated research that examines how Islamic economic principles are conceptualised, operationalised, institutionalised, and transformed in modern economic and regulatory environments.

Scope

The journal invites new and thoughtful research articles that use different methods, like theory, comparison, data analysis, and various disciplines, to explore Islamic economics as a value-driven economic system in today's institutions. The journal's focus extends to the following areas, among others:
1. The foundations, epistemology, and transformation of Islamic economic thought and methodology.
2. Comparative and critical engagement between Islamic economic paradigms and conventional economic theories.
3. Islamic finance, Sharia-compliant banking, capital markets, risk management, and financial technology.
4. Islamic social finance, including zakat, waqf, sadaqah, philanthropy, and impact-oriented economic instruments.
5. Public finance, fiscal policy, development economics, and poverty alleviation within Islamic economic frameworks.
6. Islamic accounting standards, Sharia governance, corporate governance, ESG integration, and ethical market regulation.
7. Political economy, institutional design, and regulatory architecture of Islamic economic and financial systems.
8. Sustainable development, environmental economics, and resource governance grounded in Islamic economic principles.
9. Digital economy, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and emerging technological challenges in Islamic financial ecosystems.
10. Empirical, behavioural, and impact-oriented research assessing the performance, governance, and socio-economic outcomes of Islamic economic institutions and markets.