Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Review on The Legal Conflicts in Shari’ah Corporate Governance of Islamic Financial Institutions in Malaysia

The article’s objective is to find out the legal conflicts facing shariah corporate governance of Islamic Financial Institutions in Malaysia. The writer defined shariah corporate governance as an Islamic version of corporate governance. Meanwhile the corporate governance was defined by the writer as a vital aspect of managing and directing a company. This function is important in determining the continuity and stability of the company through-out the existing period.
Traditional corporate governance consisted of three major elements which are:-
(a)           Transparency
(b)          Disclosure
(c)           Accountability

The methodology of research was based on exploratory study in combining the conceptual, theoretical, and foundational dynamics of the subject.

In the third section, the paper discussed about the discussion and findings. The Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia were fallen under three (3) categories which are Islamic Banking Act 1983, Islamic Window through BAFIA 1983 and DFIA (Bank Rakyat).
Among the legal conflicts detected in this study are:-
(a)           There is no definition on the shariah corporate governance.
(b)          There is no clear expression regarding the position or rank of shariah committee within the Islamic Financial Institutions.
(c)       The determination of the compulsoriness of the shariah audit and the requirement of the shariah auditor’s qualification.
(d)          The issues of shariah risk management.
(e)           The identification of the legal liabilities of the shariah scholars.
(f)           The determination of the task of shariah committee either it is supervisory or ‘watchdog’.


The main difference between the conventional corporate governance against Islamic corporate governance is regarding the basic tenets in which in conventional the reliance is more to the directors and stakeholders but in Islam, it goes beyond the standards directors and stakeholders but also to the Almighty Allah, the Most Creator and the Most Sustainer. 

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