Tun M ni dah lupa ke ? Bank ini pun buat untung guna nama Islam.
“The inception of Bank Islam in Malaysia is not a manifestation of the Muslim people’s pride and haughtiness or a symbolic attempt to portray Islam in this country. The formation of Bank Islam is an effort to demonstrate that Islamic assimilation in our country’s economy shall not evoke any economic catastrophe. What is needed here is neither a ‘gesture’ nor ‘symbol’ but the trusted expertise to establish and manage which will determine that an Islamic banking system can play its role successfully in today’s modern economy.” Excerpt of speech by YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, in his capacity as the Prime Minister of Malaysia then, commemorating the official launch of Bank Islam’s operations (1 July 1983)
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