The Challenges and Prospects of Sukuk

Essia Ries Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Accountancy at the University of Nizwa, Oman. He received his PhD from University Malaysia Perlis, and his primary research interests concern financial reporting, and accounting and Islamic finance. He has published articles in the Journal of Accounting and Business and the Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research.Md. Aminul Islam is a Professor in the School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship at Universiti Malaysia Perlis. He received his MBA and PhD from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is a member of the Asian Academy of Management and the Malaysian Institute of Management, and an associate member of the Malaysian Finance Association. He has authored and co-authored three books, two book chapters, and about 200 research papers.Ku Halim Ku Ariffin is an Associate Professor in the School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship at Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. He received his MPA from the University of Science Malaysia. He is the author of eight books, including Islamic Entrepreneurship (2010), Islamic Entrepreneurship Value (2011), Successful Entrepreneurship (2010), Development Transformation (2011), Islamic and Asia Civilization (2012), and Ethnic Relation (2006). Professor Azlan Amran is the Dean of the Graduate School of Business of Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has published a significant number of articles in the areas of corporate sustainability reporting and corporate social responsibility, and is a member of the editorial board for several international journals.