UK - EDUCATION - Careers in Islamic Finance | Mr Mohammad Amin, Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance (IIBI) is a non-profit organisation that exists to create a wider base of knowledge and understanding of the Islamic financial system and to help the exchange of information between the Islamic and other financial systems through education, workshops, discussions, research and publications directed also towards raising public awareness of the consequences of financial dealings devoid of moral and ethical principles. To find out more about IIBI, visit our website.

http://www.islamic-banking.com
http://www.newhorizon.islamicbanking.com

UK - EDUCATION - UK Approach to Taxation in Islamic Finance | Mr Mohammad Amin, Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance (IIBI) is a non-profit organisation that exists to create a wider base of knowledge and understanding of the Islamic financial system and to help the exchange of information between the Islamic and other financial systems through education, workshops, discussions, research and publications directed also towards raising public awareness of the consequences of financial dealings devoid of moral and ethical principles. To find out more about IIBI, visit our website.

http://www.islamic-banking.com
http://www.newhorizon.islamicbanking.com

UK - EDUCATION - Should Financial Reporting for Islamic Finance be Different? | Mr Mohammad Amin, Tax Partner, PwC

Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance (IIBI) is a non-profit organisation that exists to create a wider base of knowledge and understanding of the Islamic financial system and to help the exchange of information between the Islamic and other financial systems through education, workshops, discussions, research and publications directed also towards raising public awareness of the consequences of financial dealings devoid of moral and ethical principles. To find out more about IIBI, visit our website. (Feb 1, 2012)

http://www.islamic-banking.com
http://www.newhorizon.islamicbanking.com

IRELAND - ARTICLE - Sovereign sukuk a way to revive the Celtic tiger ?

download link

LUXEMBOURG - IFSB’s debut summit in Europe attracts widespread interest

This year’s 8th annual summit of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), scheduled to be held at the New Conference Centre Kirchberg in Luxembourg on May 10-13, is already making an impact.

The summit, hosted by the Banque Centrale de Luxembourg, is attracting particular interest from the European Union in addition to the traditional markets in the Middle East and Asia.

The summit indeed will be held for the first time in a EU country and Luxembourg is threatening to overtake the UK and France in spearheading Islamic finance in Europe. (full story)

IRELAND - Guidance notes on the tax treatment of Islamic financial transactions

Find the "Guidance notes on the tax treatment of Islamic financial transactions" here .

PwC Ireland did publish the Islamic Finance Tax Alert - November 2010.  Find that here.