Islamic Banking Sustainable Growth, Bahrain as an example

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AuthorAl Arabi, Tariq H.
metadata.dc.contributor.department"UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC BANKING"
metadata.dc.date.accessioned2026-09-20T15:48:39Z
Publication date2008
Degree levelMaster
AbstractABSTRACT : Islamic banking is a growing industry that attracts many business organizations, investors and monetary authorities due to the fact that the concept of Islamic banking represents a new era for the banking industry. This research, "Islamic Banking Sustainable Growth, Bahrain as an example" aims at determining the growth factors of Islamic banking in the Kingdom of Bahrain, its challenges and the recommended measures to mitigate these as well as its future prospects. The main research questions that were addressed are: 1. Why has Islamic Banking in the Kingdom of Bahrain showed growth? 2. What challenges and measures to be addressed to sustain this growth by Islamic banks in Bahrain? 3. What are its future prospects? Included in this paper is a brief background of Islamic banking, its origins, principles, and current market size. Meanwhile, to gather the research data, the researcher used questionnaires and semi-structured personal interviews as well as related literature being reviewed. The feedback, extracted from all research tools, reflected the findings of respondents' personal views and experiences and related literatures with regards to Islamic banking. Additionally, the researcher used secondary data such as newspapers, books, journals, papers presented in Islamic banking forums and dissertations related to the subject, in developing the questionnaires and the semi-structured interview questions. The overall findings of this study revealed that the growth factors for Islamic Banking in the Kingdom of Bahrain are mainly due to good government support by having reputed regulations and legislation which were the gateway for international banks to have their branches and Islamic windows in Bahrain. The other main factors were economic growth in Bahrain and, recent innovation and product development by Islamic banks as well as increased awareness among the public apart from other minor factors. Nevertheless, Islamic banking should address the following challenges to continue its growth: 1. Lack of Unified Banking & Sharia'a Code. 2. Lack of Human Resources. 3. Competition, Innovation & Product Development. 4. Other challenges. This research is recommending that Islamic banking should mitigate these challenges by having the measures of setting a unified banking & sharia 'a code, be competitive in the market by continuous innovation and product development as well as enhancing customer services by utilization of information technology to narrow the gap with conventional counterparts. It further suggests that they need to develop human resources in terms of employees and sharia'a advisors, enlarge their size by either capital increase or mergers and acquisitions, manage their risks and enhancement of corporate governance, as well as developing secondary markets. Hence, Islamic Banking in the Kingdom of Bahrain is expected to grow further once the above challenges are realized by the aforementioned measures which will no doubt increase its growth rate.
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metadata.dc.identifier.urihttp://165.227.56.122/handle/123456789/6789
Languageen
Linkhttps://digitalrepository.uob.edu.bh/en/_flysystem/fedora/2025-07/islamic_banking_sustainable_growth.pdf
TitleIslamic Banking Sustainable Growth, Bahrain as an example
TypeMaster's Thesis
CollegeCollege of Business Administration
DepartmentIslamic Banking

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