Bahrain Islamic Bank emerges as a golden sponsor of AAOIFI’s 19th annual Shari’ah boards conference

Published 12 Oct,2021 via bizbahrain - Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), a leading provider of Sharia compliant integrated financial solutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, recently announced its golden sponsorship of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions’ (AAOIFI) 19th annual conference, which will be held virtually under the patronage of the Central Bank of Bahrain on the 12th and 13th of October 2021.

Bringing together Shari’ah scholars, leaders, and experts across the Islamic finance industry for two consecutive days, the conference will host four key panel discussions, seeking to discuss the need and future of AAOIFI Shari’ah standards of Sharia’a, as well as evaluate the process of developing, reviewing and amending the aforementioned standards. In addition, discussions will include the merging of Islamic banking funds with conventional banks, Sukuk Al Ijarah services, and Sukuk trading rules.

Commenting on the occasion, Hassan Jarrar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BisB, said, “Our sponsorship of the AAOIFI conference cements our commitment towards contributing to the progress of the Islamic banking sector as whole, ensuring we continually keep up with the ongoing developments within this vital sector, at both domestic and international levels.”