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The Islamic Financial Services Industry (IFSI) is active in more than 65 Muslim and non Muslim countries alike. It manages an estimated $ 1000 billion in assets and is growing at a rate of 10-15% p.a. Kuala Lumpur in Asia, Dubai and Bahrain in the Middle East and London in Europe share the role of Islamic financial hubs. There are 350 full-fledged Islamic banks and Islamic windows in conventional banks and more than 300 Shariah compliant investment funds. The Sukuk market (Islamic bonds) sees the participation of more than 100 issuers whereas the Islamic insurance industry (takaful) is one of youngest growing sectors with 80 companies. Notwithstanding that the IFSI represents just over 1% of the world total financial assets it is growing at a hefty rate in countries like Malaysia, Pakistan and in the Middle East. The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) estimates that the IFSI assets will top the 2800 billion mark by 2015
This section gathers a list of internet resources on IFSI. They include regulatory and supervisory authorities, businesses, research and academic institutes with a brief description on the main resources (ASSAIF is not responsible for the information contained in the web sites).