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Piercing The Veil: Using Microfinance Initiatives To Promote Female Entrepreneurship In Muslim Countries, Patrick F. Madden
Piercing The Veil: Using Microfinance Initiatives To Promote Female Entrepreneurship In Muslim Countries, Patrick F. Madden
Patrick F. Madden
This paper argues that microfinance initiatives are an attractive aid mechanism to promote gender equality in Muslim countries because such initiatives both alleviate poverty and provide women with economic empowerment without violating Muslim customary banking laws. By promoting female entrepreneurship, microfinance initiatives are, perhaps, the most effective means of achieving the Millennium Development goal of gender equality without upsetting the Islamic governments or the prospective borrowers.
Commercial Contracts In Muslim Countries Of The Middle East: A Comparison With The United States, Jacqueline Mccormack
Commercial Contracts In Muslim Countries Of The Middle East: A Comparison With The United States, Jacqueline Mccormack
Jacqueline McCormack
As the emerging markets of the Middle East continue to grow, the ability to trade goods internationally will help to solidify these ever increasing economic ties. This paper attempts to explain the theories and thought processes surrounding contracts for the sale of goods in Muslim countries. My purpose is to address the important similarities and differences between commercial contracts in the United States and commercial contracts in Muslim countries of the Middle East. Hopefully, by forging ever stronger trade relationships between the United States and the Middle East, these two culturally rich regions will learn to tolerate each other’s differences …
Law Enforcement And Intelligence Gathering In Muslim And Immigrant Communities After 9/11, David A. Harris
Law Enforcement And Intelligence Gathering In Muslim And Immigrant Communities After 9/11, David A. Harris
David A Harris
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN MUSLIM AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AFTER 9/11 DAVID A. HARRIS ABSTRACT Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, law enforcement agencies have actively sought partnerships with Muslim communities in the U.S. Consistent with community-based policing, these partnerships are designed to persuade members of these communities to share information about possible extremist activity. These cooperative efforts have borne fruit, resulting in important anti-terrorism prosecutions. But during the past several years, law enforcement has begun to use another tactic simultaneously: the FBI and some police departments have placed informants in mosques and other religious institutions to gather …