In this issue, we have presented issues relevant to the most recent debate on the performance, practices, and principles of the Islamic finance industry as a whole, covering eleven distinct issues.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- About the Editors -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. This Issue -- 3. Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 1: Investigating International Portfolio Diversification Opportunities for the Asian Islamic Stock Market Investors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review -- 2.2. International Portfolio Diversification -- 2.3. Time-varying and Time-scale-dependent Correlations -- 2.4. Islamic Stocks and Portfolio Diversification -- 3. Theoretical Underpinnings -- 4. The Applied Methodology -- 4.1. MGARCH and DCC -- 4.2. Maximum Overlap Discrete Wavelet Transformation -- 4.3. CWT and Wavelet Coherence -- 5. Data Analysis and Empirical Results -- 5.1. Descriptive Statistics -- 5.2. Research Question 1: Should the Asian Islamic Stock Market Investors Invest in USA, European, or BRIC Markets to Gain International Portfolio Diversification Benefits? -- 5.3. Research Question 2: Given the Answer from the Previous Research Question, How would the International Portfolio Diversification Strategy Change Given Different Investor Stock Holding Periods (e.g., 2-4 Days, 4-8 Days, 8-16 Days, etc.)? -- 5.4. Robustness and Validation of Results - Application of MODWT -- 5.5. Summary of the Empirical Results -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1. M-GARCH/DCC Applied Tests and Results -- Chapter 2: Islamic Banks' Resilience to Systemic Risks: Myth or Reality-Evidence from Bangladesh -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Basis for the Unique Risk Features of Islamic Banks -- 2.1. The Prohibition of Interest and Usury (Riba) -- 2.2. Islamic Financial Arrangements -- 2.3. Restrictions on Money for Money Transactions -- 2.4. Prohibition of Excessive Uncertainty (Gharar) and ­ Speculative Behavior (Maysir) -- 2.5. Prohibition of Shariah Non-Halal (Haram) Transactions. 3. Empirical Evidence for the Stability of Islamic Banks -- 4. Systemic Risk Definitions and Measurements -- 5. Comments on Systemic Risk Literature -- 6. Methodology -- 6.1. Data -- 6.2. Risk Measures -- 7. Results -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Satisfaction with Islamic Microcredit Institutions: A Borrower-Centric Approach -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review and Hypotheses Development -- 3. Data and Methodology -- 3.1. Data Collection Process and Instruments -- 3.2. Analyses and Procedures -- 4. Results and Discussions -- 4.1. Reliability -- 4.2. Content Validity -- 4.3. EFA, Convergent, and Discriminant Validity -- 4.4. Sampling Adequacy, Sampling Bias, and Multi-Collinearity Problem -- 4.5. Determinants of Overall Satisfaction of Microcredit Borrowers -- 5. Discussion, Policy Implications, and Limitations of the Study -- 5.1. Discussion of the Findings -- 5.2. Policy Implications -- 5.2.1. Invest in "People" -- 5.2.2. Islamic Products and Services: Profit Versus Social Responsibility -- 5.2.3. Institutional Mechanism, Credit Monitoring, and Social Development -- 5.2.4. Overshadowing Financial Inclusion and Marketing of MCI Services -- 5.3. Limitations of the Study -- References -- Chapter 4: Religious Preference and Financial Inclusion: The Case for Islamic Finance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Data -- 5. Empirical Results -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Post-Default Sukuk Restructuring: An Appraisal of Shari'ah Issues -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Issues Relating to Sukuk Defaults and Importance of Restructuring -- 2.1. Failure to Pay on Time -- 2.2. Lack of Strict Regulations Supportive of Avoiding Sukuk Defaults -- 2.3. Structural Integrities -- 2.4. Mimicking Conventional Bonds -- 2.5. Additional Risks Associated with Sukuk -- 2.6. Ambiguity and Confusion. 2.7. Breach of Contract -- 2.8. Sukuk Structuring -- 3. Restructuring of Sukuk: Shari'ah Issues -- 3.1. Classical Shari'ah Perspective on Debt Restructuring -- 4. Shari'ah Compliance: Between Substance and Spirit -- 4.1. Debtor-Friendly Versus Creditor-Friendly -- 5. Implementation Techniques and Practical Restructuring Examples -- 6. Lessons from Recent Sukuk Restructuring Case Studies -- Nakheel Restructuring (UAE) -- Dana Gas Sukuk Default: Shari'ah Issues -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Relevance of Development Financial Institutions in the Presence of Islamic Financial Institutions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Development Financial Institutions and the Demise -- 2.1 Services Provided by DFIs -- 2.2 The Need for DFIS -- 2.3 The Demise of DFIS -- 3. The Rise of Islamic Financial Institutions -- 4. Analyses: Data and Methodology -- 5. Discussion and Conclusion -- 5.1 Funding Sources -- 5.2 Loan Quality -- 5.3 Capitalization -- 5.4 Profitability -- 5.5 Summary of the Findings -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: Raw Data -- Chapter 7: Corporation's Threshold for Debt: Implications for Policy Reforms toward Equity-Biased Corporate Tax System -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corporate Tax Structure -- 3. Conventional and Islamic Capital Structure -- 4. Corporation's Financing Choice -- 5. All-Equity Financing Corporation -- 6. All Debt Financing Corporation -- 7. Corporation's Threshold for Debt -- 8. Numerical Example -- 9. Corporation's Stimulated Threshold for Debt in the OECD Countries -- 10. Conclusion and Policy Implications -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 8: "Reverse Mudarabah" An Alternative of Classical Mudarabah for Financing Small Businesses -- Introduction -- Mudarabah -- 2.1 The Practical Problems of Classical Mudarabah -- 3. Islamic Microfinance -- 4. Reverse Mudarabah Model -- 4.1 Case Studies on Conventional Practices. Case 1: Company A -- Case 2: Company B -- Case 3: Company C -- 4.2 Reverse Mudarabah Models -- Possible Business Model 1: Buy idea -- Possible Business Model 2: Pay Salary Share Profit -- Possible Business Model 3: No Salary Share Profit -- Possible Business Model 4: Institutional Alternatives -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Participating Mortgages: An Alternative to Housing Finance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is Participating Mortgage? -- 2.1. Definition -- 2.2. Types -- 2.3. History and Literature -- 2.4. Mechanism -- 2.5. Contributions -- 3. Design of PMS in Islamic Finance -- 4. Model -- 5. Implications -- 5.1. Current Usage around the World -- 5.2. Applicability of PM in Islamic Finance -- 5.3. Securitization -- 5.4. Challenges -- 6. Fields of Application -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 10: Determinants of Customers' Engagement with Islamic Banking -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Determinants of Customers' Engagement with Islamic Bank -- 2.1. Customers' Product Knowledge -- 2.2. Constructs of Customers' Product Knowledge -- 2.3. Other Dimensions of Customers' Product Knowledge -- 3. Other Determinants of Customers' Engagement with Islamic Banking -- 4. Concept and Dimensions of Customer Patronage -- Reference -- Chapter 11: Political Islam, Democracy, and Islamic Finance Development -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Political Islam, Democratization, and Islamic Financial Development -- 2.1. Econometric Strategy and Data -- 2.2. Evidence -- 3. Models and Results -- 3.1. Evidence from Regression Results -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Index.