By Christopher Holton
In April of 2008, I attended Harvard Law School's celebration of "Islamic Finance." This event has been labeled by others as "shilling for Shariah" at Harvard and, I must say, that is exactly what it was. During the two days of presentations, there was absolutely no critical thought expressed on the wider issue of Shariah. No one at this event expressed any concern that there might be some problems associated with introducing Shariah into the West or that there might be a possible connection between Shariah and Jihad.
I found this very curious, given the handout that was distributed to conference attendees: Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions.
On its face, nothing about this publication seemed spectacular. It was a supplement to the November 2007 issue of The Banker, a British financial magazine. It is common knowledge that Shariah-Compliant Finance has a firm foothold in the UK.
But I was truly shocked when I started thumbing through the piece and came to a feature article on page 22. The headline for the article was Iran dominates in the world of sharia compliance. Read more ...
In April of 2008, I attended Harvard Law School's celebration of "Islamic Finance." This event has been labeled by others as "shilling for Shariah" at Harvard and, I must say, that is exactly what it was. During the two days of presentations, there was absolutely no critical thought expressed on the wider issue of Shariah. No one at this event expressed any concern that there might be some problems associated with introducing Shariah into the West or that there might be a possible connection between Shariah and Jihad.
I found this very curious, given the handout that was distributed to conference attendees: Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions.
On its face, nothing about this publication seemed spectacular. It was a supplement to the November 2007 issue of The Banker, a British financial magazine. It is common knowledge that Shariah-Compliant Finance has a firm foothold in the UK.
But I was truly shocked when I started thumbing through the piece and came to a feature article on page 22. The headline for the article was Iran dominates in the world of sharia compliance. Read more ...
Source: Family Security Matters
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