STANDARDS:: Auditing and Accounting Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions’ (AAOIFI) Sharīʿa Standards for Financial Institutions (2010)

In 2007, the Auditing and Accounting Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) considered about 85% of sukuk (commonly called Islamic bonds) to be non-sharīʿa-compliant. In 2010 they released these comprehensive guidelines on Islamic finance, including a section on sukuk (pg. 303), which outlines factors to consider when creating Islamic bonds. One such factor is industry, which affects how the terms of the sukuk should be decided. Read more.