Home Industry Finance Qatar’s Ooredoo Signs Islamic Loans Worth $498m The company has agreed one-year murabahas – a sharia-compliant cost-plus-profit arrangement -with Qatar Islamic Bank, Masraf Al-Rayyan and Barwa Bank. by Reuters May 14, 2014 Qatar’s Ooredoo has signed three Islamic loan facilities with local banks totalling $498 million, the telecommunications operator said on Tuesday. Ooredoo, which has operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has agreed one-year murabahas – a sharia-compliant cost-plus-profit arrangement – of $166 million each with Qatar Islamic Bank, Masraf Al-Rayyan and Barwa Bank. These will be used for general corporate purposes, Ooredoo said in a statement. 0 Comments