18.03.2013 - The new home of Islamic finance?
Is Dubai's ambition to be a hub for sharia-compliant finance realistic? Orlando Crowcroft finds some optimism, though there is a need for trained financial advisers. The announcement at the start of the year from Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, that he wants to turn the emirate into a world capital for Islamic finance may have raised eyebrows in the global business community. Talk is cheap, after all, and new initiatives ten-a-penny since the global recession took an axe to the United Arab Emirate's breakneck economic growth...............................................Full Article: Source
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