Primary sources
Joe Bradford — joebradford.net
The single most directly relevant English-language voice for what this notebook is trying to do. Specifically writes about Western Muslim finance with classical training behind him.
Personal site · articles & fatwas
joebradford.net
Joe Bradford
Topics covered: home financing structures, the ḥiyal critique of contemporary Islamic mortgages, halal investing, partnership models. Articles are dated; positions evolve; the corpus tracks revisions.
AMJA — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America
The collective fatwa body whose rulings carry weight across the Western Muslim community.
Fatwa database
amjaonline.org
AMJA (Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America)
Standing fatwās on conventional mortgages, contemporary Islamic finance products, partnership structures. AMJA's published positions are treated here as a baseline — any deviation from them in this notebook gets explicit justification.
Islamic Finance Guru (IFG) — UK
UK-focused practical guide; the closest existing English-language analog to what this notebook is building, though IFG is more product-promotional in tone.
Practical guide site · UK
islamicfinanceguru.com
Ibrahim Khan, Mohsin Patel & team
Useful for: UK provider comparisons (some of which have Australian equivalents), halal investing primers, broad framing. Caveat: IFG operates a commercial advisory service, so their product reviews benefit from cross-checking against independent scholars.
Wahed — research arm
Provider · educational
Wahed Educational Articles
Self-published explainer content by Wahed Invest. Useful for understanding their portfolio screening methodology; trust label reflects the obvious commercial alignment.
Secondary sources
Fatwa database
islamqa.info
Sh. Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid
Large Salafī-leaning fatwa archive. Useful for cross-referencing strict positions on contemporary products. Trust label medium because the editorial position is methodologically narrow — comparative use, not sole authority.
Fatwa databases · Deobandi
darulifta-deoband.com / askimam.org
Hanafī fatwa archives, often the source of more permissive positions on contemporary banking. Used here for comparative range.
Academic journal & papers
ISRA — International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance
Malaysia-based research body. Academic-quality papers on contract structures. Higher density than blogs, lower accessibility — but excellent for tracing the scholarly debate behind any modern product.
What goes here vs. into hand-curated
A web article goes into this bucket as soon as it's archived. It moves into hand-curated only after I've read it fully, verified its claims against a primary source, and tagged it with confidence. The article bucket is breadth; the curated bucket is the high-trust subset.