Al Baraka Bank, registered in South Africa since 1989, pioneered Islamic banking in this country in response to an identified need for a system of banking which adhered to Islamic economic principles The bank, with its Head Office in Durban and a strategically located national branch network, is South Africa's only fully-fledged Islamic bank and is a subsidiary of the international Al Baraka Banking Group B S C , which has established one of the largest international Islamic banking groups in the world