Ma`rifat Eqtesadi

The current model of interest-free banking in Islamic Republic of Iran has some deficiencies and shortcomings despite the many advantages it has over the pre-Islamic Revolution banking model. In recent years, some alternative models were introduced, one of which is the model of separating the banks into Qard-al-Hassaneh banks, investment, banks and leasing firms. The present paper studies the efficiency of the separation model and its effectiveness in solving the problems of the current model in Islamic Republic of Iran. This research argues that the separation model is more efficient than the current model of interest-free banking in Iran. For examining this hypothesis sixteen fiqhi, moral, and economic criteria are proposed as indexes of the desired Islamic banking. The research findings show that the separation model can meet 93% of the criteria of the desired Islamic banking.