TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to focus on the syariah compliant screening methods that are practiced by prominent Islamic finance users, in terms of qualitative and quantitative screening.Design/methodology/approach– This research uses comparative analysis to recognize the similarities and differences of methods among 15 users.Findings– Analysis reveals that there is a need to set the universal standards, not only for the investors but also to discourage the misunderstanding between investors and scholars. After analysis of qualitative and quantitative screening, recommendations for both methods have been made for the shariah compliant board and users.Originality/value– The paper is useful for Islamic finance users, as well from the academic point of view and is new and unique in its nature. VL - 4 IS - 2/3 SN - 1755-4179 DO - 10.1108/17554171211252556 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/17554171211252556 AU - Soke Fun Ho Catherine AU - Masood Omar AU - Abdul Rehman Asma AU - Bellalah Mondher ED - Omar Masood PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/01/01 TI - Syariah accounting and compliant screening practices T2 - Qualitative Research in Financial Markets PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 240 EP - 254 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -