Ethica Trains 100 American Imams in Islamic Finance
18 Jul 2011 03:00 Africa/Lagos Ethica Trains 100 American Imams in Islamic Finance DUBAI, UAE, July 18, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Two Months of Rigorous, First Ever Islamic Finance Training Successfully Completed What does it take to bring 7 million American Muslims Islamic finance? Maybe training only 100 prominent religious leaders as a small first step. That is what the founding members of the American Islamic Finance (AIF) Project have now successfully accomplished. Jointly founded by Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance, Guidance Financial, and the Islamic Society of North America, the AIF Project seeks to promote standards-based Islamic finance among Muslim communities in North America. The training program began with an inaugural address by Mufti Taqi Usmani, chairman of AAOIFI (Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions), the world's leading standard-setting body. Ethica's spokesperson said, "Muslims in America rely on their imams for all kind...