Weekly Bulletin
100 PISA points now separate the UAE and Morocco in science
The OECD released its PISA 2025 results on September 8 – and some of the trajectories across Muslim-majority countries are…
CIRIC
Publications
CIRIC’s publications introduce the Center’s theoretical framework and apply it to key contemporary issues in Islamic political economy and institutional development.
5 publications
Research Paper
From Shariah-Compliant to Shariah-Based: Toward an Islamic Banking Model Genuinely Grounded in the Maqasid al-Shariah
Why Islamic banking keeps mimicking debt despite its risk-sharing principles, and how to fix it.
Research Paper
Institutional Capacity and the Contemporary Paradox of Islamic Finance
Why normative foundations and sustained growth have not consistently translated into credible institutional ecosystems
Research Paper
Institutional Capacity: From Normative Adherence to Collective Outcomes
How shared norms can be translated into credible institutions.
Insight Note
CIRIC Zakat Research Program: Public Insight Note
Introducing CIRIC’s Zakat Research Program and its institutional approach to zakat.