A study on the acceptance towards Islamic banking products amongst Scope International (M) Sdn. Bhd. staffs / Muhammad Faiz Abd Malek

Islamic banking is refers to a banking service or activity that is conducted based on the Syariah principles. The two primary sources of Syariah are Al Quran and Al- Sunnah (Hadith), while secondary sources of Islamic law include ‘ijma’ (collectively agreed among Shariah scholars) and ‘qiyas’ (analogy). As one of the most important players in service industry today, Islamic banking isno longer regarded as a business entity striving only to fulfill the religious obligationsof the Muslim community, but more significantly, as a business that is ineluctably in need for winning over customers whilst retaining the old ones (Wilson, 1995).The Islamic banking and finance today has emerged as an important component ofthe overall Malaysian financial system that contributes to the growth and developmentof the Malaysian economy. Since 2000, the domestic Islamic banking industry has beengrowing at an average rate of 18 percent per annum in terms of assets (Aziz, 2006). Therefore, this study will analyzed the level of acceptance towards Islamic banking products amongst Scope International (M) Sdn. Bhd. Staffs based on for independent variables, knowledge, perception, awareness and religion. At the end of this study, readers could b® determining the relationship between these four (4) factors above that drives staff with their acceptance. This study has carried out some analysis on information collected from 40 staff at Scope International (M) Sdn. Bhd. at Technology Park Malaysia Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. The selection of samples was based on convenience and the staffs were randomly picked. The data were collected through self-administered questionnaires distributed by researcher.