Identifying and analyzing the important components in the establishment of optimal Sharia supervision in Islamic financial institutions

Islamic financial institutions, due to the nature of their activities, which is adherence to Sharia principles, are constantly exposed to Sharia risk. One of the measures leading to the management of this risk in these institutions is Sharia supervision. According to the definition provided by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), Sharia supervision encompasses all precautionary and oversight measures aimed at ensuring the conformity of the activities of Islamic banks or financial institutions with the principles and laws of Islamic Sharia. In essence, the ultimate goal of this supervision is to achieve actions, activities, measures, principles, and methods that can minimize Sharia risk in these institutions. This research seeks to extract important components in designing a model of Sharia supervision in the capital market based on relevant international standards related to Sharia supervision provided by The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). In this research, all standards presented by these entities were first reviewed. Then, the relevant standards were extracted and analyzed using the thematic analysis method. In the next step, the extracted set of codes was reviewed and finalized in three stages. The comprehensive themes or important components in designing a model of Sharia supervision in the capital market include: Sharia supervisory board, implementation of Sharia supervision, independence of Sharia supervisory board, governance principles, codes of ethics for employees, audit and governance committee, internal Sharia supervision, codes of ethics for accountants and auditors, and implementation and disclosure of social responsibility.