A Cross Cultural Patronage Study among the Students in Chennai | Chapter 11 | Current Research in Education and Social Studies Vol. 3
Islamic Banking is any banking activity
performed on the basis of Islamic laws of jurisprudence. The two fundamental
sources of Islamic law are the Quran, (which is the Holy Book of Muslims) and
the Sunnah, (which is the Traditions of the final Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be
upon Him)). Islamic methods of finance revolve around a few basic concepts, the
most important of which is the prohibition of ‘Riba’ or interest. Although this
concept is relatively new in the Indian context, the Islamic financial world is
now a global force to reckon with and India might miss out if the opportunity
is not capitalized. It is worth mentioning that the total value of Islamic
business stands at $6.7 trillion and is growing at a rate of 16-20% a year.
Also, the fact that many non-Muslim countries like UK have opened full-fledged
Islamic banks point to the fact that Islamic finance or Islamic banking is not
limited to Muslims alone. Therefore, India’s ambitions of becoming an Asian
financial hub cannot be met without capitalizing into the pool of Islamic
Finance. The purpose of this paper is to study the level of awareness of
students of private universities in Chennai and to study the cross cultural
patronage factors towards Islamic Banking. The findings reveal that the
respondents have a positive and favorable patronage towards Islamic Banking due
to their perception about its success in other parts of the world.
Author(s) Details
Yaaseen Masvood
School of Management, SRM
University, Chennai-603203, India.
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