| Behind the headlines are the usual myths about Islamic finance: It's only for Muslims; it is a backdoor conversion of secular Nigeria into an Islamic state and that it is used to finance terrorism, among other misconceptions.
In Nigeria, Islamic finance cannot be positioned as a "choose or lose" proposition. The country, at one level, is an acid test in the cross-selling of Islamic finance to places like the US and South Korea, and other places where there is an anti-Sharia movement..............................................Full Article: Source |