One of the premise of DinarStandard has been to highlight economic opportunities and challenges within the global Muslim communities that are not being given due attention even if they show tremendous potential. The 151 million strong Indian Muslims certainly fall in that category.
This months lead feature is a special report on the state of this Indian Muslim market. We profile the huge population of Muslims in India who represent a mixed bag of prosperous local, regional and global business owners as well as those living in a dismal socio-economic state. We look at their market opportunity, as well as review successful Indian Muslim run businesses as partnership potentials.
Associate Editor, Sajjad Chowdhry continues his series of "Classical Innovators" taking a look at the perspectives of the great scholar Abu Hamid al-Ghazali on Ethics and Leadership. Sajjad does a wonderful job of tying Imam al-Ghazali's Nasihat, or Advice, to the rulers of that time to the modern management/ business leadership responsibilities.
Covering practical Innovation insights, we look at how Eczacıbaşı Group, a Turkish conglomerate with $2.6 billion in annual revenues, celebrates innovation in its culture (that it says has directly contributed more than $80 million in revenues) through an annual Creativity and Innovation Awards for its 37 Group companies. On Turkey, Guest contributor Mr. Paul Wouters examines the current state of and the exciting prospects for Islamic Finance in Turkey.
We are proud to introduce Dr. Mohammed Badi, a consultant with a leading global consulting firm, as a guest contributor. He will be sharing with us global best practices/ frameworks in strategic planning and applying them context of Muslim world economies. He begins with looking at the 'Experience Curve.'
Finally our regular guest contributor Mr. Anthony Mitchell presents his Ten Rules of International Branding.
We hope this issue will be valuable to many in gleaning some strategic tips, markets and opportunities. Let us know of your feedback.
It is not a rhetorical rant but a serious question that needs reflection and introspection that Why wouldn't Indian Muslims leave India to live in Pakistan/Bangladesh?. Read more on http://diggindianews.com/IndiaNewsPolitics/Why_wouldnt_Indian_Muslims_leave_India_to_live_in_PakistanBangladesh__DRISHTIKONE
Posted by: jeet | August 11, 2007 at 02:57 PM
Indian Muslims are the second largest community on religious basis (over 20% of India's population is Muslim).Now, of course, to an outsider a Muslim is a Muslim is a Muslim.But is it true?No!, says Mohib. Here is why: http://diggindianews.com/IndiaNewsPolitics/Poverty_amongst_Indian_Muslims_and_the_Reasons__DRISHTIKONE
Posted by: anshu | August 11, 2007 at 02:59 PM