This study aims to clarify the concept of profitability and
liquidity at the Islamic Banks, and discuss how the liquidity
affects the Islamic banks profitability.
In order to achieve these objectives, the researcher, after
presenting the theoreti
cal framework for the study, conducts a
case study of the Islamic banks working in Syria (Albaraka-
Syria Bank, Cham Bank, Syria International Islamic Bank),
and conducts an appropriate statistical test to show the
relationship between the liquidity and profitability (measured
by ROA) of those Islamic banks. The researcher depends on
the financial statements in the reports published by Islamic
banks, using the statistical program SPSS 18 to get the results
of this test. This study concluded that: there is no a significant
relationship between Islamic banks liquidity and profitability,
although they have high liquidity ratios, and low return on
assets in general.
