09.03.2009 - Islamic finance in new world |
From Bt.com.bn: The fifth World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) was held last week (March, 2-4) in Jakarta, Indonesia. The global Islamic financing industry has over US$1 trillion in assets. But the member states of WIEF account for 19 per cent of the world's population and only six per cent of its income. (The Jakarta Post, March, 03). The forum took place alongside a deepening Western banking crisis and recession..... Full Article: Source |