Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the attitudes, perceptions and knowledge of Islamic financial products and services. Design/methodology/approach – A synoptic survey of empirical analyses about Islamic financial products and services and comparison with the literature on...

This paper investigates the attitudes of Libyan business firms towards Islamic methods of finance. A sample of 296 firms is surveyed using phone interviews during December 2007 and January 2008 to gather information on their awareness and perceptions of Islamic finance. The results indicate that...

This paper reports the results of a survey of 385 Libyan retail consumers in December 2007-February 2008 used to gather attitudes, perceptions and motivations towards Islamic methods of finance. The results indicate that while most respondents have at least some knowledge about some aspects of...

Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the attitudes of Libyan retail customers to Islamic methods of finance. Design/methodology/approach – The study conducted a survey of 385 Libyan retail consumers. Descriptive, factor and discriminant analyses of responses were performed to identify...