This volume discusses the role and characteristics of Islamic finance and how it can contribute to a sustainable financial system. Islamic finance is not only for the 1.5 billion Muslims. Several countries are interested in it because it has interesting characteristics in terms of transparency and banking regulation. Although the origins of Islamic finance date back several centuries, its resurgence is relatively recent. From its modern beginnings in Egypt and Malaysia, Islamic finance is now a growing sector and its recent performance contrasts with that of conventional banks. Rapid growth and innovation are transforming the sector, driving economic development in an increasing number of jurisdictions, while also increasing the number of new opportunities and challenges. Today, with the problem of climate change and its adverse effects on the whole world, the flexibility of Islamic finance concerning the operations available to those who wish to finance the development of infrastructure, makes this area crucial for sustainable finance.

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Dr. Nadia Mansour is an assistant at The University of Sousse- Tunisia, a visiting researcher, and a post-doctor at the University of Salamanca-Spain. She is a member of the IUDICIUM: Grupo de Estudios Procesales de la Universidad de Salamanca. Her research interests focus on Finance, Banking, Sustainable Finance, and Innovation. She is an academic member and ambassador of the Communication Institute of Greece, a committee member of indexed conferences, an editorial board member of Taylor & Francis, IGI GLOBAL, and Springer, a reviewer in IGI Global, Emerald, and Wiley, an associate editor of Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment. She has presented various scientific papers in international (France, Morocco, USA, Turkey) and national conferences. She is the co-chair of the international conference: Finance, Accounting, and Law in the digital age. She is also a keynote speaker and session chair in several indexed conferences in (Turkey, India, and UAE). She has several published articles in ranked journals and chapters (Emerald, IGI Global, Palgrave Macmillan) as well as edited books (Taylor & Francis, Springer). She is an associate editor for a number of Special Issues at indexed Journals (Taylor & Francis).

Lorenzo Mateo Bujosa Vadell is a professor of procedural law at the university of Salamanca (Spain). He is president of the Ibero-American Institute of Procedural Law, and member of the International Association of Procedural Law and the International Association of Criminal Law. He is the coordinator of the PhD program "Administration, Justice and Finance in the Social State" at the University of Salamanca. He has enjoyed research stays at the Universities of Kansas (USA), Florence (Italy), and Trier (Germany).