...* Principles of Islamic banking Islamic banking refers to a system or banking activity that is consistent with the Islamic jurisprudence [arab. fiqh] based on the principles of the Sharīʿah. Literally, it may be translated with “Path to the water of source”, rendering the “right” way that Allah has carved out for all Muslims. Main sources of the the Sharīʿah are the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Basic aims of the Sharīʿah are the spread of wisdom and welfare through transferring faith including beliefs and practices. In addition, in the past centuries Islamic religious scholars and jurists have been developing its practical application [arab. fatwa] to a system of instructions; some of them find their way into the constitutions of Arabic countries like Kuwait. Today Islamic jurisprudence is a code of conduct that on the one hand regulates the relationship between Allah and the mankind [arab. ʿibādāt] and on the other hand the economic and interpersonal relationship between individuals [arab. mu’amāt]. Since the entire legal framework of Islamic banking is codified in the Sharīʿah, every Islamic bank in the GCC region and the majority of the remaining Islamic banks worldwide have an in-house Sharīʿah -board that audits the compatibility of the banks’ products and services with the restrictions imposed by the Islamic law. In the following, the main principles of Islamic banking are explained. * Prohibition of riba, gharar and maysir (Qur’an 4:161) The first and most important feature...
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...Islamic financial models are unique in that ethics are intertwined with their operations. Islamic governance takes into account the social implications of a business transaction and thereby serves the greater community interests. One of the main tenets upon which Islamic banking law rests is the prohibition on interest or “riba”. The concept is meant to outlaw all forms of wrongdoing and give the financier an interest in the venture. Not only does the doctrine of “riba” prevent the exploitation of someone in a weak bargaining position, but it also forbids “all forms of gain or profit which were unearned in the sense that they resulted from speculative or risky transactions and could not be precisely calculated in advance by the contracting parties.” The prohibition of interest is meant to design an economy and society based on risk-sharing, fair dealing, and equity. In Islamic law, the justification that interest is the cost of using money or that a loan is an investment is rejected in favor of ethics. Islamic economic theory criticizes the conventional financial industry for speculation, consumerism, volatility, “unnecessary products,” large corporations, and usury. These traditional capitalistic means of profit-making are not compatible with Islamic values. Islamic law therefore creates a culture where people only spend what they have, a theory in direct opposition to consumer driven models. Investment regulations are implemented to avoid “sinful” activity. Currency hedging...
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...In the straitjacket world of Indian banking, something as fascinating as Islamic banking is a distant dream. Nonetheless, countless advocates of Islamic banking have been trying their best over the years to propagate the concept .India has 14 percent Muslims population which is more than the Muslim population of Bangladesh, turkey, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia etc But there is no any full-fledged Islamic bank currently working in this country. Reserve Bank of India and other legal institutions of India are not issuing license to banks to work as per the principles of Islamic banking. Necessary measures are, however, being taken by India Government for the same. The present study is taken to explain how Islamic banking is better for India and weather it is possible to integrate Islamic banking to current financial system. It also explains how Islamic bank can commence in India by suggesting necessary measure for the same 1 INTRODUCTION Islamic banking has been defined as banking in consonance with the ethos and value system of Islam and governed, in addition to the conventional good governance and risk management rules, by the principles laid down by Islamic Shariah. Interest free banking is a narrow concept denoting a number of banking instruments or operations, which avoid interest. Islamic banking, the more general term is expected not only to avoid interest-based transactions, prohibited in the Islamic Shariah, but also to avoid unethical...
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... conventional banks and Islamic banks. In simple words Islamic banks operate in interest free system. Prohibition of interest is ordained in Islam in all forms and intent. This Prohibition is strict, absolute and unambiguous. The Holy Qur'an in verse 278 of Surah Al-Baqarah states: "O ye who believe! Fear Allah and give up what remains of your demand for Riba, if ye are indeed believers." Verse 2: 279 says: "If you do it not, take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger. But if ye turn back, ye shall have your capital sums. Deal not unjustly and you shall not be dealt with unjustly." It therefore, follows that interest is prohibited as it leads to injustices and Islam is against all forms of injustices and exploitations and pleads an economic system, which aims at securing extensive socio-economic justice. The Islamic law of prohibition of Riba, which includes interest, was originally not based on economic theory but on Divine Authority, which considers the charging of interest as an act of injustice (Dr. Siddiqui). Islamic banks appeared on the world scene as active players two decades ago. But many of the principles on which Islamic banking is based have been commonly acceptable all over the world for centuries rather than decades, as it is evident that Islamic finance was practiced predominantly in the Muslim world throughout the middle Ages, promoting trade and business activities. In Spain and the Mediterranean and Baltic States, Islamic merchants became...
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...for the banks run in accordance with Islamic rules and regulation. First Islami Bank started the banking system that runs according to Islamic rules and regulations. Then some other Islamic banks also started business. Currently some banks even the foreign bank like H.S.B.C and Standard Chartered bank open their Islamic banking section. Theses banks are doing these because most of the people of our country are sensitive to their religion. Banks want to do business by utilizing their sentiment. Different factor can lead the customer towards Islamic banking like interest is prohibited in Islam. Another factor can be people want to deposit their money in those banks that do not give loan to those businesses that is not permitted in Islam. Banks having the provision of giving interest free loan to the needy people of the society which is called ‘Quard E Hasan’ in Islam can also lead the customer to those banks. Many religious programs telecasted in different channels become very popular in our country that may also influence the customers to switch. So in this study we will identify some factor that may responsible for customer switchover to Islamic banks and try to discover whether these factors really responsible for the customer switchover. 1.2 Problem statement: Now a day’s many non Islamic banks are opening Islamic banking section. It is an observed phenomenon that the banks are doing that because there is a huge market for Islamic banking in Bangladesh because the people of...
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...January/February 2009 Volume 25, Number 1 The Evolution Of Islamic Finance In Southeast Asia: The Case Of Malaysia (1) Rika Nakagawa, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is threefold: to explain why the Islamic financial system was introduced in Malaysia; to outline how the Malaysian government has promoted this system; and to analyze the development of the Islamic financial system with a specific focus on the banking sector. In Malaysia, the first Islamic bank, Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd., was established in 1983. One turning point of the Islamic financial system in the country was the Financial Sector Master Plan presented by the central bank in 2001. The government, in accordance with the plan, has taken a strong initiative in the development of an Islamic financial system. As a result, the country has succeeded in promoting a comprehensive Islamic financial system, banking and insurance sectors and capital markets. In the banking sector, this paper reveals that the profit-sharing system does not seem to be popular in this country although the reward system is central to Islamic Finance. In order for further development of the Islamic financial sector, the reasons why the percentage of contracts under the profit-sharing system is small need to be analyzed. Keywords: Islamic Finance in Malaysia, Financial Sector Master Plan, New Economic Policy, Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd., Islamic Banking Scheme INTRODUCTION I n the globalized economy, large...
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...1.0 Abstract Islamic Finance is an abstract concept until the first half of the twentieth century. In Malaysia, it has been almost three decades when the first Islamic bank makes its debut. Islamic banks have to compete with its competitors which is a conventional banks which have longer history than Islamic banks. For this competition, Islamic Finance have to know the awareness, understanding and perceptions of Malaysians towards it. Islamic Finance not only available for Muslims, but it also available for non-Muslims as well. In Malaysia, 40% of the population is non-Muslims and hence non-Muslims market is equally important to Islamic Finance (Bashir & Mail, 2011; Latiff, 2007). The purpose of this research is to examine the level of awareness, understanding and perceptions of Muslims in Malaysia of Islamic Banking products and services. In additional, this study also aims to investigate if any demographic influence it’s means the structure of population of the awareness, understanding and perceptions of Islamic Finance products and services among Muslims in Malaysia. A total of 50 respondents from different course and carrier in Unikl are selected for the purpose of this study. For the analysis, we used the primary data and Secondary data was adopted to analyse the results. The results show that more than half of the respondents are aware of the Islamic Finance in Malaysia but they do not aware of most of the products and services offered by Islamic banks. Muslims understanding...
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...Islamic Revivalism Movement Towards The Establishment Of Islamic Banking And Finance In Malaysia Islamic revivalism refers to a revival of the Islamic religion throughout the Islamic world, that began roughly sometime in 1970s and is manifested in greater religious piety, and community feeling, and in a growing adoption of Islamic culture, dress, terminology, separation of the sexes, and values by Muslims. It has been defined by some of the Muslim scholar as the cleansing in an effort to return Islam to its original pure form. One striking example of it is the increase in attendance at the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which grew from 90,000 in 1926 to 2 million in 1979 (Kepel, Gilles, Jihad: on the Trail of Political Islam, Harvard University Press, 2002) The emergence of the Islamic revivalist movements in Malaysia in 1970 was spawned by the global Islamic resurgence and internal fissures or cracks in the Malay Muslim community. There has been an intensification of Islamic activities since the 1970s which include the establishment of Islamic banking and finance. The process of Islamization in Malaysia started in line with the concept of Islam as Ad-deen, a way of life in this world and the Hereafter, every ibadah commanded by Allah S.W.T. is of benefit in this and the next world. Since the beginning Muslims are obligated to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. And Muslims have to find enough money for the journey to the Holy Land. To avoid riba' (usury) which is haram...
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...Islamic banking and finance in the UAE problems and prospects Islamic banking means the system that is based on the principles of Islamic law ( also known Shariah) and guided by Islamic economics. Two basic principles behind Islamic banking are the sharing of profit and loss and significantly the prohibition of the collection and payment of interest. Collecting interest is not permitted under Islamic law. Problems:- Most of the Islamic banks operate by-murabaha and by muazzal. Bai –salam,istisna, hire purchase leasing mode of investment i.e., islamic banks always prefer to run on mark up / guaranteed profit basis having shariah coverage for this reason some times the conventional economists and general people failed to understand the real difference between isalmic banking and conventional banking . ( mudaraba) and ( musharaka) are two modes of investment are ideal. But islamic banking are not going in this two modes the reasons for the above are as follows:- 1- There is systemic analysis and research and no real efforts to introduce above mentined two modes but the practitioners blame the following factors… - there is lack of committed enterpreneur. -there is lack of committed proffessional who can create new. – instruments ...
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...February 2011 Differences and Similarities in Islamic and Conventional Banking Muhammad Hanif Assistant Professor, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad PhD-Finance Scholar at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan E-mail: muhammad.hanif@nu.edu.pk Abstract Islamic Banking is growing at a rapid speed and has showed unprecedented growth and expansion in last two decades in spite of mismatching of existing financial framework and business practices. By the end of 2008 volume of Islamic banking has reached to US $ 951 Billion with operation in more than 50 countries. Middle East is the centre of Islamic banking with contribution of approximately 80% while 20% share is contributed by rest of the world. In Pakistan Islamic banking is at infant stage although last 6 years growth is marvelous. Islamic banking has grown at an average annual rate of 76% in the last six and half years (12/03 - 06/10) in Pakistan. Although Islamic banking faces multi challenges however three of them are very vital for its existence. First is Sharia compliance in its operations in an environment which is dominated by interest based practices even in Muslim societies. Second is perception of financial industry practitioners about its performance whether the system is able to serve the total needs of trade and industry. Third is the perception of a large majority of Muslims whether existing practice of Islamic banking is Sharia compliant or mere copy of conventional...
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...FATWA ON BANKING AND THE USE OF INTEREST RECEIVED ON BANK DEPOSITS BY UMAR IBRAHIM VADILLO October 2006 FATWA Fatwa on Banking | The Use of Interest Received on Bank Deposits Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................3 2. The Issue .............................................................................7 3. Understanding Riba ...........................................................10 3.1 A world shaped by Riba.................................................... 10 3.2 What is Riba? ................................................................. 11 4. The Misunderstanding of Riba............................................20 4.1. Religious reformism and capitalism ................................... 20 4.2 The Islamic Reformers ..................................................... 23 4.3 The followers of Reda ...................................................... 27 4.4 The misunderstanding of Riba an-nasiah today.................... 28 4.5 Equating Riba to interest in a loan ..................................... 33 4.6 Islamic Banking .............................................................. 34 4.6.1 Islamic Banks are banks ............................................. 34 4.6.2 Murabaha: what it is and what it is not ......................... 38 4.6.3 How the Islamic Bank’s version of the contract of Murabaha came into being ..............................................................
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...Islamic Financing for Large Infrastructure Projects Jasper Camacho International Financial Mgmt, Section 1 Fall 2005 Summary This paper examines the growing Islamic finance market and how it is becoming an important source of capital to fund infrastructure projects in the Muslim world. The paper starts by introducing basic tenants of Islamic finance and the problems as it relates to large capital projects. Innovations in Islamic project financing are then introduced along with the complexity that those have to innovations address. The paper concludes with a description of selected recent infrastructure development projects that use Islamic financing. Islamic Project Development Needs Increasing population throughout the Muslim world and the appetite for demand in investment for infrastructure in Muslim populated countries has led an increase need for capital that conforms to Islamic standards (see exhibit 1 for list of Organization of Islamic Countries).1 In many of these countries especially in the Middle East, Central Asia and South East Asia, oil and natural gas deposits push the need for companies to build extraction, transport and refining capacity. In developing countries such as the ones in Africa, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, there is an increasing need for electricity and water desalination stations. These projects are capital especially capital intensive in nature. Islamic Financing Basics Islamic financing is the method of financing that complies with the Shari’ah...
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...FATWA ON BANKING AND THE USE OF INTEREST RECEIVED ON BANK DEPOSITS BY UMAR IBRAHIM VADILLO October 2006 FATWA Fatwa on Banking | The Use of Interest Received on Bank Deposits Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................3 2. The Issue .............................................................................7 3. Understanding Riba ...........................................................10 3.1 A world shaped by Riba.................................................... 10 3.2 What is Riba? ................................................................. 11 4. The Misunderstanding of Riba............................................20 4.1. Religious reformism and capitalism ................................... 20 4.2 The Islamic Reformers ..................................................... 23 4.3 The followers of Reda ...................................................... 27 4.4 The misunderstanding of Riba an-nasiah today.................... 28 4.5 Equating Riba to interest in a loan ..................................... 33 4.6 Islamic Banking .............................................................. 34 4.6.1 Islamic Banks are banks ............................................. 34 4.6.2 Murabaha: what it is and what it is not ......................... 38 4.6.3 How the Islamic Bank’s version of the contract of Murabaha came into being ..............................................................
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...Riba, Interest and Six Hadiths: Do We Have a Definition or a Conundrum? Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq Associate Professor of Economics and Finance Upper Iowa University June 2006 [Draft; Feedback welcome] [pic]The Readers are highly encouraged to read another of my essays "Islamic Law and the Use and Abuse of Hadith" before this one to better follow and appreciate this essay. NOTE for fellow Muslims: Because this topic involves what is haram (prohibited) and halal (permissible) in Islam, every Muslim MUST do his/her own due diligence and conscientiously reach own position/decision in regard to personal practice. In doing so regarding this matter or any other aspect of life, Muslims should seek guidance from the Qur'an and the Prophetic legacy. Each hadith is properly referenced, but for internal reference within this essay, in the sequence presented, each hadith is numbered with # H-. Some of the references in this essay are from secondary sources. As the draft takes it final shape, original sources would be gradually cited and replace the secondary source citations. [pic] "There is nothing prohibited except that which God prohibits ... To declare something permitted prohibited is like declaring something prohibited permitted." Ibn Qayyim[1] [pic] I. Introduction The Qur'an categorically prohibits riba. However...
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...Islamic Finance is a financial system that doesn’t work like other conventional banking systems. It follows the Islamic law, Shariah, which doesn’t allow certain aspects of a normal banking system such as usury and speculation. There are some main principles to be followed in Islamic banking. First of all, it prohibits interest, or Riba. Riba is forbidden in Islam, and therefore Islamic banking system adopts the principle of profit and loss sharing. It also prohibits uncertainty, gambling, and prohibits certain products and industries such as alcohol and tobacco. Islamic Finance needs to be in accordance with the Shariah. All products and contracts follow Islamic principles that conventional financial systems do not, such as interest and risk sharing, and uncertainty. Conventional financial systems have never worked this way and it worked for them for many years until they were hit by the financial crisis. The crisis had a minimal impact on the Islamic financial systems because they did not comply with all the factors that created the crisis in the first place. There were 3 main factors in the creation of the financial crises. First, subprime loans, which was lending to certain people who did not have a good credit history and were bound to default. The banks than charged them with higher rates that increased their risk of defaulting. Secondly, there was securitization, which was creating securities from un-liquid assets. This process is used by banks to create securities from...
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