Dear Colleagues,

In today's world, the Islamic Banking and Finance area is becoming increasingly important. If we consider some figures, more than 20% of the world's population consider themselves part of the Muslim religion, while the total investment in this field today exceeds USD 2.5 trillion. This particular approach to sustainable finance is based on ethical positions that are markedly different from those of conventional finance, based, among other precepts, on risk sharing, respect for the environment and non-exploitation of man by her/his fellows. Despite the importance of Islamic banking and finance and the multiple lines of research it offers from its ethical-moral and sustainable perspectives, the methodological insights that have studied it have generally been rather reiterative, hence the need to apply new approaches to this discipline in line with its enormous potential, which is the primary objective of this Special Issue. In the search for the most heterogeneous methodological perspective possible, works based on multivariate procedures such as Cross-sectional and Longitudinal studies, neural networks, Bayesian networks, wavelets analysis, random forest, artificial intelligence-based methodologies, algorithms, ad hoc case studies, simulation models, etc. will be taken into consideration.

Furthermore, this Special Issue represents an incredible opportunity for Islamic banking and finance to be popularized among scholars around the world, in clear correspondence with the importance of this area of knowledge.

Dr. Pedro Antonio Martín Cervantes
Prof. Dr. María del Carmen Valls Martínez
Guest Editors

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• Islamic Banking and Finance
• Shariah Compliance
• Risk sharing
• Riba
• Maqasid
• Halal