Islamic International Arab Bank is a
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
ian bank that exercises its banking operations in accordance with the provisions of
Islamic law
Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam and is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and the ...
in Jordanian, Arab and Islamic countries.
The Islamic International Arab Bank commenced its banking operations in accordance with Islamic Sharia rules on the twelfth day of Shawal 1418 AH (9 February 1998).
The Islamic International Arab Bank was established in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a public shareholding company in accordance with the Companies Law of 1989 and the company was registered in the Register of Public Shareholding companies under No. 327 on 30 March 1997.
See also
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Islam in Jordan
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a majority Muslim country with 98% of the population following Sunni Islam while a small minority follow Shiite branches. There are also about 20,000 to 32,000 Druze living mostly in the north of Jordan, even th ...
External links
*{{cite web, url=http://www.iiabank.com.jo, title=البنك العربي الإسلامي الدولي > الصفحة الرئيسية, publisher=iiabank.com.jo, accessdate=2016-08-01
Banks established in 1998
Banks of Jordan
Islamic banks
Jordanian companies established in 1998