Overview:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shahul Hameed is currently Head of CIFP Department at The International Centre for Education in
Islamic Finance (INCEIF). He is a chartered accountant (Malaysia) as well as being a fellow of the ACCA, a
Practicing Member of ACIFP and Associate Member of IBBM, Malaysia. He holds a PhD from the University of
Dundee and a Postgraduate Diploma in Islamic Revelead Knowledge from International Islamic University Malaysia.
Biography:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shahul Hameed joined INCEIF as Head of CIFP Department since December 2008. Previously, he
worked with International Islamic University Malaysia as Head of Department of Accounting, Kulliyyah of Economics
and Management Sciences since 2003 - May 2007.
He was a graduate from Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur with a Diploma in Commerce (Financial
Accounting). He is a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK, and also holds a PhD in
Accounting from the University of Dundee, Scotland, where he wrote a thesis on the need for Islamic Accounting. He
also obtained an MA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Lancaster, UK.
Dr. Shahul initially started out in public practice with Kassim Chan & Co., CPA, moved on to lecture at UiTM and
subsequently worked as a cost accountant at FIMA Metal Box before a stint in Papua New Guinea as an Accountant
in the Metro Group. He returned to teaching and lectured in financial and computerised accounting at the
Administrative College of Papua New Guinea for four years. Since returning to Malaysia in 1991, he has taught at the
International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur. He was the Head of the Department of Accounting, Kulliyah of
Economics and Management Sciences at the University for four years from 2003 until May 2007, during which he
organised the development and implementation of a new curriculum for the B. Accounting in line with IES
requirements. He was an active member of the Halatuju II committee for accounting programs of the Ministry of
Higher Education and holds several curriculum advisory and examiner positions for various colleges in the country.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Shahul has been a Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2005 and has
been working actively in its Qualifying Examinations and Investigations committees for a number of years. He has
published several scholarly articles in local and international refereed journals, attended and presented numerous
papers at International Conferences and has been invited as speaker in Indonesia, Philippines and London. Dr
Shahul has acted as senior consultant fellow to the Accounting and Auditing Organizations for Islamic Financial
Institutions in Bahrain in 2007 and has published his first book on "Accounting and Auditing for Islamic Financial
Institutions" INCEIF) in 2009.
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Research and Publications:
Refereed Journals
2000 “Nurtured by Kufr:,The underlying philosophical assumptions of Conventional AngloAmrerican Accounting, International Journal of Islamic Financial Services, Vol2, No. 2,
July-Sep 2000.
2005 “Emerging Issues in the Objectives and Characterisitics of Islamic accounting for Islamic
Business Organizations”,(with Rizal Yaya) Malaysian Accounting Review, July Vol 4,
No.1, 2005
2006 “Corporate Governance and Performance: A study of Shariah approved and Non-Shariah
Approved Companies on Bursa Malaysia”, (with Sheila Nu Hu Tay and Faitma AH,
National Accounting Research Journal, Vol.4, No.1, 2006
2007 “Towards the betterment management and transparency of waqf institutions: Lessons
from the Charity Commission, UK, Al- Risala, Vol 6, Issue No. 6, November 2006 (with
Hidayatul Ihsan and Abdullah Muhammad Ayedh)
2007 “The Financial Management Practices of State Mosques in Peninsular Malaysia”,
Indonesian Management and Accounting Research, Vol 6, No.2, July 2007 (with Maliah
Sulaiman and Siti Alawiyah Siraj)
2007 “A review of Takaful Accounting Regulation and Practice in Malaysia”, Pravartak, Vol,
(with Hairul Nahar Suhaimi)
2008 “Internal Control System in West Asia’s State Mosques”, American Journal of Islamic
Social Sciences, Vol 25, No 1, pp 61-81, (with Maliah Sulaiman and Siti Alawiyah Siraj)
2009 “Shariah Auditing of Islamic Financial Institutions: Between the desired and the
desirable” Global Economy and Finance Journal (with Nawal Kassim and Maliah
Sulaimn)
Professional Journals
2003 “Islamic Accounting: A new Push”, Akauntan Nasional, Jan-Feb 2003.
2007 “Clash of Standards: AAOIFI vs IFRS”, International Accountant
2008 “The Case for Islamic Auditing”, International Accountant
2009 “Performance Analysis of Islamic Banks: Towards an “Objectives of Shariah” oriented
model” (with Mughees Shaukat), International Accountant (UK), Issue 50, December
2009 / Jan 2010
Text Books
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2009 Accounting and Auditing for Islamic Financial Institutions, 454 pages, Kuala Lumpur:
INCEIF
1991 Guidelines for the Purchase of Personal Computers, Department of Provincial Affairs and
Research and Publications Branch., Papua New Guinea, September 1991.
Chapters in Books
2005 “The Need for Fundamental Research in Islamic Accounting” in Bala Shanmugam et al
(2005), Issues in Islamic Accounting, Kuala Lumpur, Universiti Putra Malaysia Press,
pp18-42.
2005 “A Review of Income and Value Measurement Concepts in Conventional Accounting
Theory and Their relevance to Islamic Accounting”, in Bala Shanmugam et al (2005),
Issues in Islamic Accounting, Kuala Lumpur, Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, pp71-101.
Research and Consultancy Reports
2003 The Objectives and Characteristics of Islamic Accounting: A Case study of Indonesia,
Research Centre, IIUM, Malaysia. (with Rizal Yaya)
2004 Corporate Governance and Quality of financial Reporting: A comparative study of
Malaysian and Indonesian Banks Annual Reports, Research Centre, IIUM( with Sigit
Pramano)
2005 Waqf Accounting in State Islamic Religious Councils: Case study of the Federal Territory
SIRC, Research Centre IIUM
2005 2005 Members Survey: Consultancy Report commissioned by the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants
2005 Management Integrity Survey of Academic and Administrative Staff of UIAM,
commissioned by the University. (part of Research Centre Research Team)
2006 Takaful Accounting, Reporting and its Regulation in Malaysia, Research Centre, IIUM.
2005 “The Need for Fundamental Research in Islamic Accounting” in Bala Shanmugam et al
(2005), Issues in Islamic Accounting, Kuala Lumpur, Universiti Putra Malaysia Press,
pp18-42.
2005 “A Review of Income and Value Measurement Concepts in Conventional Accounting
Theory and Their relevance to Islamic Accounting”, in Bala Shanmugam et al
(2005),Issues in Islamic Accounting, Kuala Lumpur, Universiti Putra Malaysia Press,
pp71-101.
Conference Papers Presented
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2001 “Islamic Accounting: Accounting for the New Millenium?”, Asia Pacific Conference on
Accounting, Kota Bharu, Kelantan,Malaysia, October 10-1,2001
2001 “The Need for Islamic Accounting”, Paper presented at a seminar on Islamic Accounting,
UITM Shah Alam, March 31, 2001
2002 “The Objectives and characteristics of Islamic Accounting” National Seminar on
Accounting, Bank Nasional Indonesia, August 12, 2002
2002 “Construction of an Islamic Accounting Theory”, Seminar in Accounting, Trisakti
University Jakarta, August 13, 2002
2002 “A conceptual framework for Islamic Accounting: the experience of AAOFI “and
“Islamic Corporate Reports”,Seminar on Islamic Accounting, UiTM, Arau,Perlis, August
24, 2002
2003 “A conceptual framework for Islamic Accounting: the experience of AAOFI “and
“Islamic Corporate Reports”,Seminar on Islamic Accounting, UiTM, Arau,Perlis, August
24, 2002
2003 “The Future of Islamic Corporate Reporting: Lessons from Alternative Western
Accounting Reports” (with Rizal Yaya), paper presented at the International Conference
on Quality Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance, Kuala Lumpur28-29 July
2003
2003 “Socio-religious Setting and its impct on Accounting and Accounting Academicians”
(with Rizal Yaya), Paper presented at the ASAIHL Conference, Kota Kinabalu, .28th of
September- 1st of October , 2003.
2004 “The Objectives and Characterisitics of Islamic Accounting: Perceptions of Indonesian
Accounting Academicians” (with Rizal yaya), ), Paper presented at the IIUM Accounting
conference 16-17 February,2004 at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Glenmarie, Shah Alam.
2004 “Alternative Performance Measures for Islamic Banks” (with 4 others ) presented at the
2nd International Conference on Administrative Sciences, King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals 19-21 April 2004
2004 “The Potential Role of Islamic accountants in the socio-economic development of Muslim
Mindanao”,. paper presented at the First Conference of the Philippines Association of
Islamic Accounting, Marawi City, November 19-20, 2004
2004 “Islamic and Coventional Accounting” paper presented at the First Conference of the
Philippines Association of Islamic Accounting, Marawi City, November 19-20, 2004
2005 Corporate Governance Practices Disclosure: A comparative study of Malaysian and
Indonesian Banks Annual Reports”, paper presented in Accounting, Commerce and
Finance: The Islamic Perspective Conference, Jakarta, March 29-31, 2005
2005 Corporate governance and islamic performance: a comparative study of shariah approved
and non-shariah approved listed companies in the Klse” , paper presented at International
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Conference on Governance, Accountability and TaxationNIA Annual Seminar, 5-6
September 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Crown Princess Hotel,(with . Fatima Abdul Hamid and
Sheila Nyu, Nyu Tai).
2006 “Takaful Accounting and Regulation in Malaysia”, paper presented at the Accounting,
Commerce and Finance, the Islamic Perspective Conference, Bahrain ,28-30March 2006.
(with Hairul Nahar)
2006 “Towards the betterment management and transparency of waqf institutions: Lessons
from the Charity Commission, UK”, paper accepted for the First International Forum on
Islamic Economics, Finance and Business for Young Scholars, Sheraton Perdana Hotel,
18-20 April 2006, Langkawi, Malaysia.
2006 “Allah’s bottom line: Reorienting Accounting for Islamic Finance” (with Dr. Yusuf
Karbhari), Symposium on “Legal and Regulatory Environments for Islamic Finance” held
at London Middle East Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of
London. May 15, 2006.
2006 “Waqf Accounting in State Islamic Religious Institutions: The Case of the Federal
Territory SIRC”, paper presented at the IIUM International Accounting Conference III,
Putra World Trade Centre, 26-28 June 2006, Kuala Lumpur. (with Hisham Yaacob)
2006 “Towards A Theory And Practice Of Shariah Auditing In Islamic Financial Institutions”,
paper presented at the National Seminar in Islamic Banking and Finance 2006, Golden
Palace Hotel, Kuala Lumpur , 29-30 August 2006 organized by the Islamic University
College Malaysia, (with Nawal Kassim)
2008 “Tawhid in action and inaction: A tale of two waqfs in Indonesia” (with Hidayatul Ihsan),
paper presented at the 5th International seminar, University of Information Science and
Technology,
Chittagong,
Bangladesh,
January
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2008
2009 “Shariah Auditing in Islamic Financial Institutions”, paper presented at Iranian
Accounting Association Conference, Tehran, Iran, 8-9 December, 2009
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