Nicholas Kaiser got into Islamic investing by accident, but there's nothing haphazard about his Amana funds. Amana's success appears to result from both the discipline of Islamic-based investing and Kaiser's creativity. Nicholas Kaiser isn't the sort of guy you'd expect to sit atop the world's largest group of mutual funds run in accordance with Islamic investing principles.

The Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance will cover the purposes, theory, practice, structure, and institutions in this rapidly developing field. The Ninth Forum will situate Islamic finance in the current economic context and compare it with other efforts dedicated to fulfill ethical commitments in finance.

 Today there is a large and growing population of American Muslims who also provide marketers – mainstream and niche – tremendous opportunities. Opportunities that are, 1) related to better accessing them through right media, custom messaging and services, and 2) delivering products and services unique to their needs. Estimates of the American Muslim.

Entrepreneurs seem to be waking up, though quite slowly, to the need for entering the international halal food market which is expanding fast and is expected to surpass $650 billion in 2010. Some German companies recently discovered that catering to faith-oriented consumption is a good way to make money.