Determinants of Sustainable Development in the United States: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Path Toward Sustainability Mucahit Aydin, Denizar Abdurrahman Mi'raj Sustainable Development, 2026 Achieving sustainable development is one of the most important goals for countries. Achieving this depends on accurately identifying its determinants. This study aims to identify the various factors that contribute to sustainable development in the United States. For this purpose, the effects of globalization, energy uncertainty, ecological footprint, and ESG‐based uncertainty on sustainable development were examined for the period from 2002 to 2022. The study examined the stationarity of the variables, the long‐term relationship, and the coefficients related to this relationship using appropriate methods that also account for structural breaks, respectively. The robustness of the results was tested with three different long‐term estimators, for example, ARDL, FMOLS, and CCR. Accordingly, ecological footprint, energy uncertainty, and globalization were found to have negative effects on sustainable development, while ESG‐based uncertainty had positive effects. These results are expected to inform the United States' approach to achieving sustainable development by ensuring that the ESG has been planned, implemented, and reported as a market commitment to answer the sustainable development progress and emphasizing globalization in a sustainable manner.
GASTRONOMY OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: OVERVIEW AND FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA , Fitranty ADIRESTUTY, , Ririn Tri RATNASARI, , Akhmad Kusuma WARDHANA, , Denizar Abdurrahman MIRAJ, , Mohamed BATTOUR, and Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites, 2025 A statistic report from Grand View Research estimated a substantial expenditure of approximately 207.8 billion USD worldwide in religious tourism by 2027. The food industry in religious tourism represents a recent international economic and political development that has gained increasing importance, especially for developing countries, particularly those in Asia. Mapping the topic of gastronomy in religious tourism inside previous studies and creating a new concept map about those two topics. This study gathered the paper's metadata from the Scopus website. There were 55 studies used and being analyzed using the bibliometric method. This study used Biblioshiny and Vosviewer software to analyze the data. The analysis was divided into two, metric analysis and content analysis. The content analysis used a systematic literature review with a PRISMA flowchart to collect and screen the data sample. The were 45 samples used for content analysis using systematic literature review (SLR). The number of papers published on a certain topic did not influence the number of citations received. On the other hand, the result of the content analysis found that words frequently used in keywords of previous papers that were closely connected to the word gastronomy were food tourism, culinary tourism, satisfaction, cooking class, halal food, tapas, and monasteries. Gastronomy was closely related to food, halal, and monasteries. Gastronomy also included study in preparing food through a cooking class, especially related to preparing halal food. Monasteries were the places that could influence cuisine in the past through religious teachings in the past centuries. Tapas was a small appetizer from Spanish that was influenced by culture and closely related to gastronomy. The practical implication of this study was to be hoped to become a reference for authorities to focus more on the local culture that shapes the local dish as a positive point of tourist attraction. The novelty of this study is that no previous study observed the aspect of gastronomy that affects local tourist attractions and the concept of gastronomy and dishes. Further study is to observe more about the factors inside gastronomy that could influence the determinant intention of people to visit religious heritage. It would be wise to use a questionnaire in collecting the data to observe the cause-effect relationship between several factors inside gastronomy.
A bibliometric review of Islamic economics and finance bibliometric papers: an overview of the future of Islamic economics and finance Denizar Abdurrahman Mi'raj, Salih Ulev Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 2024 Purpose Given the overlapping themes and periods in specific subjects within Islamic economics and finance bibliometric research, which may yield similar findings in bibliometric studies, it is essential to document the growth of Islamic economic and financial research using bibliometric methodologies. This study aims to understand better the critical bibliometric review trends and scientific advancements in Islamic economics and finance. Design/methodology/approach This study uses bibliometric analysis, collecting 46 Islamic economics bibliometric papers from the Web of Science Core Collection from 1975 to 2022. The authors generated top scientific scholars, keyword analysis, citation analysis, content analysis and conclusions for journal development using R Biblioshiny, VOSviewer, ATLAS.ti and Excel. Findings This study has established a comprehensive bibliometric framework for Islamic economics and finance bibliometric papers, encompassing all critical areas within the discipline and identifying any remaining research gaps. The major significant areas revealed were Islamic social finance and microfinance concerns, which are closely pertinent to the issues of ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, respectively. The authors also identified opportunities for future bibliometric analyses in Islamic economics and finance, which include using more comprehensive databases, refining or broadening search strategies, using advanced techniques and units of analysis and suggesting themes for further exploration. Research limitations/implications The study relies merely on the Web of Science Core Collection database, which provides the most in-depth citations by source for the world’s scientific and scholarly research. Future research may consider expanding its scope to include other databases for a broader range of sources. Furthermore, due to the rise of bibliometric studies in Islamic economics and finance, this study also comments on the saturation of bibliometric studies conducted in several similar areas. While researchers bring their unique analytical perspectives to bibliometrics, this study provides a comprehensive view of existing research in Islamic economics and finance, highlighting well-explored topics and those that remain less studied. Thus, this could assist researchers in determining their future research priorities. Practical implications Policymakers in Islamic financial and economic institutions, including banking institutions, social, financial institutions and halal institutions, should be impacted by this research when making policies or conducting research. The viability of the current Islamic economic and financial ecosystem will be indirectly maintained and managed by these implications. Social implications This comprehensive meta-analysis in Islamic economics and finance is expected to impact the development and sustainability of the Islamic economic and financial ecosystem, promoting societal welfare through applying Islamic economics and finance. Originality/value This pioneering bibliometric analysis of Islamic economics and finance papers aims to offer insights and projections for future research in the field. This research contributes to the literature by examining various aspects, including evaluating literature on trending topics, analyzing papers related to research areas and conducting content analysis of existing bibliometric studies in Islamic economics and finance. It specifically groups these studies around fundamental topics, summarizes findings from contemporary research and identifies emerging research gaps.
Islamic community-based business cooperation and sustainable development goals: a case of pesantren community in Indonesia Irham Zaki, M. Bastomi Fahri Zusak, Denizar Abdurrahman Mi'raj, Fatin Fadhilah Hasib International Journal of Ethics and Systems, 2022 Purpose This study aims to discuss the model of community-based cooperation between pesantren businesses, using case study approach toward an Indonesian pesantren community. Design/methodology/approach The data in this research are gathered through through in-depth interviews with Hebitren managements and forum group discussion with the stakeholders of the Hebitren, which includes Hebitren managements themselves, Bank Indonesia and several related ministries. Findings The results show that pesantren business cooperations in Indonesia is related in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This cooperation model is expected to be able to contribute in the effort to accomplish SDGs, which include: no poverty (SDGs 1), quality education (SDGs 4) and partnership for the goals (SDGs 17). Research limitations/implications The models of pesantren business cooperation are not comprehensive because of the various characteristics of pesantren and its model business. Moreover, Hebitren is one of national forum for business pesantren. So, that the results are possibly applicable. Practical implications This research highlights the importance of pesantren’s business unit cooperation management by improving the quality of human resources and business’s infrastructures. This study is a new research model that comprehensively discusses the pesantren community as a form of economic and business development. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first model of inter-pesantren business unit network in a pesantren business community comprehensively.
ISLAMIC INSURANCE IN INDONESIA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ON DEVELOPING THE INDUSTRY Faricha Maf’ula, Denizar Abdurrahman Mi’raj Journal of Islamic Economic Laws, 2022 Islamic insurance is a minor industry compared with other Islamic financial institutions in Indonesia. However, it has enormous potential to grow together with its challenges. This study aims to analyze the opportunities and challenges of the Islamic insurance industry in Indonesia. This research uses a qualitative methodology to describe the nature of reality. The result summarizes that the possibilities are: domino effect from Halal Value Chain and other development of government-owned enterprises; digitalization in Islamic Finance; and potential market of micro takaful. The challenges are needing a set regulatory framework as a catalyst to force supply and demand; market penetration is low, issues of Islamization insurance and the inadequate development of Islamic insurance products, limited retakaful company and qard hassan fund issue in retakaful.
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