From Arabianbusiness.com: The Gulf is at the forefront of a new era in financial services that will see Islamic finance play a key role in shoring up the fragile world economy, the finance director of Qatar Petroleum said on Wednesday.

Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Shaibi, who is also a board member of Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority, said the global crisis had gifted the Gulf a “greater stake in the world economy”………………..Full Article: Source