While appreciating the recommendation of the said committee to have 'Special windows' for Interest-Free banking within conventional banks, a statement issued by IBK said, IBK Chairperson Mehboob Makhdoomi suggested that since the state of Jammu & Kashmir has a distinction of being the only Muslim-majority state, "it, therefore is a natural testing laboratory for Interest-Free finance & banking, and that the first Interest-free window should be set up in one of the banks of J&K, which can then serve as a prototype for other states."