Friday, July 13, 2012

ISLAMIC BANKS AND HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

ISLAMIC BANKS AND THE SALE OF HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION: WHERE IS THE FAULT?

Issues have been recently raised about the predicament faced by consumers who have to suffer due to houses they purchased using Islamic banking facilities provided by Islamic banks in Malaysia. According to one report by Islamic Consumer Association of Malaysia (PPIM) complaints received by the association from consumers about house financing   in the past couples of years run into thousands mostly related to non-delivery of the purchased houses due to abandoned housing projects. Many parties have voiced their displeasure at the way the relevant financing is done and called for an immediate review by competent Shariah authority to address injustice to the consumers. What is more damaging, it has been said, the good name of Islam has been compromised by such a banking practice resorted to by the so-called Islamic banks.