Indonesia’s BMT Microfinance system should be introduced Globally

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    CENTRE OF ISLAMIC BANKING& ECONOMICS

    Head Office: 192- Ahmad Block, Ph: +92-42-35913096-8 E-mail: [email protected] Garden Town Lahore, Pakistan. Fax: +92 -42-35913056 Website: www.alhudacibe.com

    During his address Mr. Muhammad Zubair Mughal Said that, Islamic financial industry of Indonesia with

    having 11 complete Islamic Banks, 24 Islamic windows, 43 Takaful Institutions, 16 Islamic Finance

    companies and more than 5,500 BMTs holds a remarkable position in the world. He said, BMTs in the

    world. He said, BMTs in Indonesia has played an important role for the alleviation of poverty from

    country by adapting methods of Islamic Microfinance system, which is a clear example of success of this

    system But unfortunately, BMTs methods are being limited to Indonesia only, but it is the need of the

    time that this system should be introduced in other countries of world along with Indonesia which will

    help in introducing Islamic Microfinance system in other countries of world and new Islamic

    Microfinance methods of BMT will be available along with Murabaha, Salam, Mudarabah, Qarz-e-Hasna

    and Waqf to Islamic Microfinance Institutes.

    He further added that, to involve poor in financial inclusion Islamic Microfinance is very important along

    with branchless banking, Product innovation and financial literacy etcBecause in Muslim communities major reason of poverty is to avoid interest based Microfinance and in

    order to bring Muslims in financial inclusion then such a Islamic Microfinance system need to be

    introduced which will be according to the Muslims religious and economic principles otherwise poverty

    will increase due to financial excluding of Muslims, which can be estimated from present facts and

    figures that half of worlds poverty lies in Muslim countries.

    He further added, to gather Islamic Microfinance institutions and professional of the world on single

    plate form, the Global Islamic Microfinance Forum is going to be held on October 16, 2013 in Dubai, to

    compile the strategy to strengthen Islamic Microfinance industry#