Government staffs interest to involve in Islamic investment: A study among staffs in Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Sultan Mizan / Anis Atifah Che Rawi

Islamic finance has become an increasingly popular subject in recent years. Some Islamic investment has even become popular although the growth in their popularity has been dampened by lack of knowledge of their existence, their nature and their relative profitability. This paper presents an overview of the various kinds of Islamic investment funds and analyzes their relative nature of Muslim community involvement in Islamic investment. The paper begins by identifying the factors that influences Muslim community involvement in Islamic investment. Islamic investment is much more than merely investing activities as it is deeply rooted in the teaching of the Qur'an. The paper concludes about the constraints of Muslim community tendency to involve in Islamic investment.