ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance — archive hub

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The English journal began with Volume 1, Issue 1 in December 2009. This hub selects five older issue targets: June/December 2010, December 2011, December 2012 and June 2013. Their labels come from original issue/index pages or clearly delimited article records. It does not fill missing issues with guesses.

The publication continued under the new title International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development in September 2024. Use the publisher-listed successor site for the present publication, and the proposed About record for identity, identifiers and publication history. The publisher also lists a separate Arabic journal; this catalogue is for the historical English publication.

Sources: X, U, T

Browse the five historical issue targets

1. Volume 2, Issue 1 · June 2010

   English publication

   176 pages in the original English index.

   Microcredit and Malaysian Islamic microfinance: Norma Md Saad and Jarita Duasa, pp. 113–130. This is one article record, not an issue-wide conclusion.

   Original article metadata + abstract (external)

   Related reading

   Sources: X, R1

2. Volume 2, Issue 2 · December 2010

   English publication

   190 pages in the original English index.

   Issue topics include letters of credit, nomination and hibah, and liquidity management. The linked article on Islamic letters of credit is by Ahmad Azam Othman, Rosmawani Che Hashim and Akhtarzaitie Abdul Aziz, pp. 37–66.

   Original article metadata + abstract (external)

   Related reading

   Sources: X, R0

3. Volume 3, Issue 2 · December 2011

   English publication

   176 pages; archive lists four academic articles, one practitioner article and five research notes.

   Court decisions (Zulkifli Hasan and Mehmet Asutay), gold dinar debate, quantitative Shariah screening and sukuk categorisation. Topic labels describe the original list, not current rules or investment recommendations.

   Original issue list (archived external page)

   Related reading

   Sources: D3

4. Volume 4, Issue 2 · December 2012

   English publication

   208 pages; archive lists four academic articles, one practitioner article and five research notes.

   Home financing, interest-based debt, financial crisis, stock market and receivables-based sukuk. The linked dispute-resolution record is by Umar Aimhanosi Oseni and Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad, pp. 159–165.

   Original article metadata + abstract (external)

   Related reading

   Sources: D4, R4

5. Volume 5, Issue 1 · June 2013

   English publication

   Whole-issue extent not recovered; one original article is available externally.

   One verified article: commodity murabahah platform comparison, by Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, M. Mahbubi Ali and Yulizar D. Sandrego, pp. 191–198. Printed running headers establish 5(1), 2013; the original archive title gives June 2013. The whole issue’s contents and total extent remain unrecovered.

   Original article PDF (external institutional copy)

   Related reading

   Sources: D5, J5

The external links above lead to source records or archived pages. For the June 2013 Tazkia PDF, the original article’s identity and printed pages were inspected. The other repository records were inspected at metadata/abstract level; a listed PDF is not proof this hub read it. No PDF is hosted locally.

Sources: X, D3, D4, D5, R0, R1, R4, J5

How to read and cite an entry

Start with the authors and article title, then keep the journal’s original title, year, volume, issue and page range. A repository deposit date tells you when a copy was added, not when the research was published. The illustrated 2012 article below was deposited on 17 June 2013. It belongs to 4(2); it is not a 2013 journal issue.

The title and abstract of Blazing the trail describe Malaysia’s dispute-resolution framework as discussed in 2012. Here they establish the record’s identity and subject, not a complete account of its arguments or the present complaint process. Use the full article for an attributed finding and current originals for today’s procedures.

Sources: R4

Other useful research trails

Ponzi operandi: Affinity fraud risk for shari’ah-compliant investment funds is a verified 2012 Volume 4, Issue 1 record by Mahmood Nathie, Jacqueline Drew and Michael Drew. It is outside the five selected issues. Its abstract discusses fraud exploiting community trust; the inspected record has no visible full-text file. Do not move it to December 2012 4(2) or treat it as a current product investigation.

New reading example: if an offer uses a religious label or trusted community connection, a historical research trail can suggest questions to investigate, but it cannot establish that a present provider is legitimate, that funds are protected or that a return is guaranteed. Check the actual issuer and offer documents. This educational reading path is available to Muslim and non-Muslim readers alike.

Sources: RF

Access, costs and gaps

The September 2024 editorial describes free access to past issues and points to the publisher’s former-title archive, its early-volume archive page and the Emerald archive. Those are source-provided destinations; their full live bodies were not readable during this check. If an article is unavailable, search its exact title or DOI in the publisher’s site or a university library catalogue.

The 2012 archived index advertised printed issues at RM 45 / US$35. This is a historical price, not a current purchase offer. Current subscriptions, print availability, author charges, permissions and download conditions were not verified. Reading access and author publication charges are different questions.

Two planned source links proved unreliable for issue reconstruction: IIUM 26706 says 2012 4(1) although its outbound URL points to December 2011; IIUM 48420 is an Arabic-title 2015 in-press record. They are excluded as issue-content evidence. The June 2013 archived page is title-only, but a separately recovered institutional article copy confirms Issue 1. Its complete issue contents remain unavailable. The December 2011 archive also has a mixed abstract, so this hub does not attribute findings from that text.

Sources: E, X, D3, D5, Q1, Q2, J5

Move from research to a practical question

• What is Islamic finance? — proposed guide: begin with everyday money decisions.
• Islamic-finance glossary — proposed guide: identify contract terms before reading technical papers.
• Who checks Shariah compliance? — proposed guide: understand which body makes which decision.
• Sukuk for beginners — proposed guide: ask about ownership, cash flows and issuer obligations.
• INCEIF publications page (external): verified institutional starting point for the current English successor and Arabic journal.

Reader checklist: distinguish article from whole issue; check language and original title; confirm year/issue before quoting; read the full text before attributing detailed findings; check study date, country and assumptions; and reopen current official/provider documents before a money decision. This catalogue does not give a new fatwa or establish present legal rights.

Sources: U

References

Original-source checks distinguish publication dates from archive capture and repository deposit dates. A listed download is not proof that its full text was read.

1. Journal (English) — ISRA.
   Lists English Volumes 1–3, issue dates, extent and article categories.
   Date/version: archive capture 20 May 2012; original publication date unstated. Checked 6 October 2026. Old prices RM 45/US$35 are historical; not a present offer.
2. Vol. 3 (December 2011) — ISRA.
   English 3(2), 176 pages; original issue list includes court decisions, gold dinar, screening and sukuk.
   Date/version: December 2011; archive capture 16 December 2013. Checked 6 October 2026. Archive contains a visibly mixed abstract after the court article; use titles/metadata here, not that mixed abstract as findings.
3. Vol. 4 (Dec 2012) — ISRA.
   English 4(2), 208 pages; home finance, debt, financial crisis, stock market and sukuk topics.
   Date/version: December 2012; archive capture 16 December 2013. Checked 6 October 2026. Issue list does not establish current law or validate a product.
4. Vol. 5 (June 2013) — ISRA.
   Title-level confirmation of English Vol. 5 June 2013 under journal-english path.
   Date/version: June 2013 in title; archive capture 27 May 2017. Checked 6 October 2026. Recovered archive body is title-only. Issue 1 is separately confirmed by the printed headers of the Tazkia original article copy (J 5). Whole-issue contents/extent remain unverified.
5. An overview of Shari’ah issues regarding the application of the Islamic letter of credit practice in Malaysia — IIUM Repository; Ahmad Azam Othman, Rosmawani Che Hashim, Akhtarzaitie Abdul Aziz.
   English 2(2), pp. 37–66; metadata and abstract on trade-finance issues.
   Date/version: 2010; deposited 14 September 2011. Checked 6 October 2026. One article record, not the complete issue; full PDF not inspected.
6. Determinants of economic performance of micro-credit clients and prospect of Islamic microfinance in Malaysia — IIUM Repository; Norma Md Saad and Jarita Duasa.
   English 2(1), pp. 113–130; record concerns Malaysian microcredit and Islamic microfinance.
   Date/version: 2010; deposited 30 November 2011. Checked 6 October 2026. Title/abstract scope only here; no present eligibility, price or provider-policy claims.
7. Blazing the trail: the institutional framework for dispute resolution in Malaysia’s Islamic finance industry — IIUM Repository; original authors Umar Aimhanosi Oseni and Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad.
   Article 4(2), pp. 159–165, English; repository lists Published Version PDF.
   Date/version: 2012; deposited 17 June 2013. Checked 6 October 2026. Only metadata/abstract inspected here, not the full PDF or whole issue.
8. Ponzi operandi: Affinity fraud risk for shari’ah-compliant investment funds — Griffith Research Online; Mahmood Nathie, Jacqueline Drew, Michael Drew.
   Verified catalogue/abstract record linked to old ISRA hub; discusses affinity-fraud risk.
   Date/version: 2012; Volume 4 Issue 1. Checked 6 October 2026. No full-text file visible in inspected record; not assigned to December 2012 4(2).
9. Publications & Translations — INCEIF University / ISRA Institute.
   Publisher lists separate English-successor and Arabic journals, describes peer review and subject areas.
   Date/version: undated page. Checked 6 October 2026. Outbound links verified as publisher-listed; OJS bodies timed out in this research session.
10. IJIFSD Now Indexed in Scopus — INCEIF University.
    Official announcement identifies September 2024 rebranding, ISRA Institute as publisher, INCEIF and IsDB Institute as joint sponsors.
    Date/version: 28 January; year not displayed in retrieved body. Checked 6 October 2026. Indexing is attributed to the university’s announcement, not independently queried in Scopus. Search labels suggest 2026 but retrieved body shows no year.
11. Editorial: Embracing New Horizons — Beebee Salma Sairally; published by ISRA Research Management Centre, INCEIF University.
    Original editorial text read from publicly accessible ResearchGate copy: publication eras and renamed journal.
    Date/version: September 2024; Volume 16 Number 3, pp. 1–3. Checked 6 October 2026. Publisher original DOI endpoint could not be read. Landing-page licence CC BY-NC differs from printed CC BY; no full article reproduced or licence conclusion made.
12. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance (IIJIF) — ISRA.
    Original page states Emerald partnership from June 2017 and historical scope.
    Date/version: archive capture 18 July 2019; original publication date unstated. Checked 6 October 2026. Old ScholarOne link, office contacts, indexing list and biannual frequency are not current instructions. Copyright credit is not evidence of present legal ownership.
13. ISRA international journal of Islamic finance (Print) — ISSN International Centre.
    Print ISSN 0128-1976; ISSN-L 0128-1976.
    Date/version: record modified 20 February 2024. Checked 6 October 2026. An identifier record does not establish current frequency, quality or article contents.
14. ISRA international journal of Islamic finance (Online) — ISSN International Centre.
    Online ISSN 2289-4365, linked to print ISSN-L 0128-1976.
    Date/version: record modified 21 March 2024; keeper entries updated in 2026. Checked 6 October 2026. Preservation coverage is not a complete public full-text access guarantee.
15. International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development (Online) — ISSN International Centre.
    New title’s online ISSN is 3030-6442.
    Date/version: record modified 14 March 2025. Checked 6 October 2026. Keep historical article citations under their original journal title.
16. Building agent-customer relationship in the Takaful industry: a framework of Islamic relationship marketing — IIUM Repository; Marhanum Che Mohd Salleh, Nurdianawati Irwani Abdullah, Siti Salwani Razali.
    Citation is 2012 4(1), but the linked original URL points to December 2011.
    Date/version: 2012; Volume 4 Issue 1, pp. 81–97. Checked 6 October 2026. Metadata conflict; not used for December 2011 contents. Full text restricted and not read.
17. مجمع الفقه الإسلامي الدولي ومدى تأثير أبحاثه وقراراته على المؤسسات المالية الإسلامية الصكوك الاستثمارية الإسلامية نموذجاً — IIUM Repository; Mohamed Ibrahim Negasi.
    Arabic-title record marked in press, not a verified English 5(1), 2013 issue list.
    Date/version: 2015 in metadata; in press, xx(xx), pp. 1–24. Checked 6 October 2026. No final publication identity or full text recovered from this record; excluded for English June 2013 reconstruction.
18. The Application of Commodity Murābaḥah in Bursa Suq Al-Sila’ Malaysia vis-a-vis Jakarta Future Exchange Shariah Indonesia: A Comparative Analysis — Tazkia LPPM institutional copy; original authors Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, M. Mahbubi Ali, Yulizar D. Sandrego.
    Original article has printed Volume 5 Issue 1 2013 running headers; title/authors on p 191; eight pages 191–198.
    Date/version: 2013 printed; June 2013 supported by original archived title. Checked 6 October 2026. The retrieved PDF is labelled Vol4 IS2; this record follows its printed Volume 5 Issue 1 headers. Identity and printed pages were inspected; no current platform or Shariah finding is attributed. It is one article, not the complete issue contents.