Digital Economy Must Have Integral Role in Amplifying Islamic Finance: ICIF

The fourth International Conference on Islamic Finance (ICIF) was held from the 4th of April 2021 to the 6th of April 2021, by the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (CIEF) at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar, supported by the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC).

Why it Matters?

The conference was a platform for discourse surrounding opportunities and barriers for sustainable economic development under the ‘new normal’, which has advanced the digital economy and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Director of the Research Division and CIEF, CIS, Dr Syed Nazim Ali, noted that the common goal of the conference was contribution to Qatar’s development as a knowledge-based economy. Chief Ex...