By Uzair Riaz Cheema
Abstract
Choosing banking as a career seems to be the rising trend among job seekers. The prohibition of riba has direct implications for the banking and financial industry. The aim of this study is to uncover the awareness percentage on prohibition of interest/riba/usury in Islam among bankers or bank employees and to find the perception of the bank employees about the prevailing myths and conflicts about the bank job. A survey was conducted by using structured questionnaire. The required information was collected from bank employees who were selected from both public and private sector banks. The level of satisfaction among bank among bank employees was measured. The research was designed to estimate the desire among bank employees to quit working in banks. The results of the study reveal that a large percentage of bank employees are aware of the prohibition of interest in Islam. Most of the bank employees do not believe that working in banks is forbidden in Islam and tries to validate and authenticate their job with self-constructed rationale.
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