To ensure broad dissemination and accessibility of scholarly work, El-Qist: The Journal of Islamic Economics and Business (JIEB) is published as an Open Access journal. Beginning in 2024, the journal has adopted a copyright and licensing policy that promotes author rights and ethical reuse of published content.

• Copyright Ownership by Authors:

  • Authors retain the full copyright of their articles published in El-Qist.

  • El-Qist does not require authors to transfer their copyright to the journal or its publisher.

• Publishing License:

  • All articles published in El-Qist are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

  • This license permits any user to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material) the work for non-commercial purposes, provided that:

    • Attribution — Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. They may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that you endorse them or their use.

    • NonCommercial — Users may not use the material for commercial purposes.

    • No additional restrictions — Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.