Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study

This study explores the perception of Muslims in Malaysia’s about ribā, eating pork, drinking alcohol and dating. A pilot questionnaire was developed. To avoid social desirability, the questionnaire treated respondents as informants. 267 informants responded to the pilot. The Cronbach alpha was 0.7...

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Main Author:	Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance 2019
Subjects:	HB126.4 Islamic Economics HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
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spelling	iium-724372019-06-11T00:45:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72437/ Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey HB126.4 Islamic Economics HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance This study explores the perception of Muslims in Malaysia’s about ribā, eating pork, drinking alcohol and dating. A pilot questionnaire was developed. To avoid social desirability, the questionnaire treated respondents as informants. 267 informants responded to the pilot. The Cronbach alpha was 0.743. The questionnaire was improved with the addition of four additional questions. A new questionnaire was answered by 351 informants. The Cronbach alpha increased to 0.78. The findings were compared to similar data collected on the perceptions’ towards eating pork, drinking alcohol and dating. About 31% of Muslims have no problems taking ribā. About 40% of Muslims seem unsure about the legal status of ribā. 55% said that Muslims take ribā from time to time, 48% said that Muslims were forced to take ribā while only 36% found that ribā was the logical thing to do. Only 25% of Muslims believed that ribā would a good thing. Further analysis suggests that there are structural reasons why Muslims take ribā. This author suggests that these findings establish a base-line from which future researchers might understand how sins become culturally acceptable or become culturally unacceptable. IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72437/1/72437_Muslims%20in%20Malaysia%E2%80%99s%20perception.pdf Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey (2019) Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study. Journal of Islamic Finance, 8 (1). pp. 36-47. ISSN 2289-2109 E-ISSN 2289-2117 https://journals.iium.edu.my/iiibf-journal/index.php/jif/article/view/324/150
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spellingShingle	HB126.4 Islamic Economics HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study
description	This study explores the perception of Muslims in Malaysia’s about ribā, eating pork, drinking alcohol and dating. A pilot questionnaire was developed. To avoid social desirability, the questionnaire treated respondents as informants. 267 informants responded to the pilot. The Cronbach alpha was 0.743. The questionnaire was improved with the addition of four additional questions. A new questionnaire was answered by 351 informants. The Cronbach alpha increased to 0.78. The findings were compared to similar data collected on the perceptions’ towards eating pork, drinking alcohol and dating. About 31% of Muslims have no problems taking ribā. About 40% of Muslims seem unsure about the legal status of ribā. 55% said that Muslims take ribā from time to time, 48% said that Muslims were forced to take ribā while only 36% found that ribā was the logical thing to do. Only 25% of Muslims believed that ribā would a good thing. Further analysis suggests that there are structural reasons why Muslims take ribā. This author suggests that these findings establish a base-line from which future researchers might understand how sins become culturally acceptable or become culturally unacceptable.
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title	Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study
title_short	Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study
title_full	Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study
title_fullStr	Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed	Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study
title_sort	perception of riba among the muslims in malaysia: an exploratory study
publisher	IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/72437/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72437/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72437/1/72437_Muslims%20in%20Malaysia%E2%80%99s%20perception.pdf
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Perception of riba among the Muslims in Malaysia: an exploratory study

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