Zasady funkcjonowania bankowości bezodsetkowej w islamie i jej wpływ na życie wspólnoty muzułmańskiej
The Rules of Functioning of the Interest-Free Banking in Islam and its Impact on the Lives of Muslim Community

Summary/Abstract: The present author offers a comprehensive review of the rules governing Islamic forms of banking, derived from religious reflection and Islamic sources of law, i.e. Koran, shiaria and sura. Islam completely forbids the concept of paying or receiving any kind of interest. Since almost any financial transaction involves a bank, for that reason avoiding modern banking has become impossible. Islamic legislators have been able to devise an elaborate banking system that encourages revenue generating activities while observing Qur’an’s absolute ban on usury. Interest Free Banking derives from religious reflection on Qur’an, sharia and sunna as the sources of Islamic law. Of course, the system does have an impact on the services offered by Islamic banks, e.g. joint venture and partnerships, leasing and other lawful and real economic activities, as well as specific construction of these services. Though often it may be quite difficult to avoid a rather flexible treatment of some more rigorist rules, Interest Free Banking, thanks to its insistence on the principle of transparency between the bank and the client, manages to marry respect for fundamental ethical rules with credibility of all interested parties to a remarkable degree. Tools introduced by the Islamic financial bodies to fulfil their business or profit making requirements attract growing attention among their non-Islamic counterparts, and prompt in-depth analysis from both ethical and economic angles. Interest Free Banking is becoming a viable alternative to western financial institutions afflicted by modern financial crisis.

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