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Despite the trend in the Saudi Arabian banking market to convert to full-fledged Islamic Banks, only four among the 12 local licensed banks are considered to be pure Islamic〔BINTAWIM Samar Saud S.,(2011). "Performance analysis of Islamic banking: Some evidence from Saudi Arabian banking sector", Asia Pacific University, MBA Thesis, page 28〕 banks: * Al-Rajhi Bank Saudi Arabia * Al Jazeera Bank * Al-Bilad Bank * Alnima Bank According to scholar of international finance, Ibrahim Warde, the two largest Islamic banking groups, ''Dar al-Maal al-Islami'' and al-Baraka Bank, have not been able to obtain licenses to operate commercial banks in Saudi Arabia, despite the fact that they are both owned by prominent Saudis. In 1985, the al-Rajhi Banking and Investment Company was authorized to engage in interest-free banking, but on the condition that it did not use the word "Islamic" in its name.〔Warde, ''Islamic finance in the global economy'', 2010: p.216-17〕 Saudi Arabia does not officially recognize the concept of Islamic banking. The logic is that if one bank is recognized as an Islamic institution then all others, by implication, would be un-Islamic. The official line was that all banks operating in Saudi Arabia were by definition Islamic.〔 == See also == * List of banks in Saudi Arabia * Islamic banking and finance 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Islamic banking in Saudi Arabia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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