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Module - Islam: Business and Ethics. Muslim Business People.

Islam

“There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger.”

The knowledge area “Islam: Business and Ethics” consists of several modules.

  1. Islam
    1. Introduction to Islam
    2. The Ummah (Muslim Community) in the World
    3. Islam and Businesses
  2. Main economic institutions related to the Muslim Countries
  3. Arab Development Funds
  4. Economic Areas of the Islamic Civilisation
  5. Muslim Business People
  6. Arab Businesswoman and Executives
  7. African Muslim Historians

1- Islam

  1. Introduction to Islam
  2. Prophet Muhammad
  3. Holy Quran
  4. Expansion of Islam
  5. The first schism of Islam: Sunnis and Shiites
  6. Introduction to Sufism
  7. Five pillars of Islam: Profession of Faith, Prayer, Charity (Zakat), Fasting, and Pilgrimage to Mecca
  8. Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
  9. Case Study: two prominent Arab Women
    1. Ms Tawakkol Karman - Nobel Peace Prize (Yemen)
    2. Ms Haifa Al-Mansour - Film Director (Saudi Arabia)
  10. Introduction to the Arabic language

The Ummah (Muslim Community) in...

  1. Asia
  2. India
  3. ASEAN
  4. Africa
  5. The Middle East

Islam and Businesses.

  1. Economic Impact of the Zakat
  2. Sharia (Islamic Law)
  3. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)
  4. Islamic Economics
  5. Islamic Banking
  6. Islamic Marketing
  7. Islamic Consumer
  8. How to negotiate with the Muslims Countries
  9. Cultural Profiles of the Arab Countries. Patterns by country

The objectives of the module “Islam: Business and Ethics” are the following:

  1. To understand the fundamentals of Islam and its influence on business
  2. To analyse the main branches of Islam: Sunni and Shi'a
  3. To understand the ethical principles of Islam
  4. To know the distribution of Islam in the World
  5. To understand the principles of the Islamic Economics
  6. To identify the leading Islamic economic institutions
  7. To learn to plan an intercultural negotiation in the Islamic countries
  8. To analyse the figures of the main Muslim Businessman
  9. To know the fundamental role of Islam on the Islamic Civilisation
  10. To analyse the economic areas of the Islamic Civilisation, the economic integration processes and their relationships with the other civilisations
  11. To understand the role of the Islamic Countries on the global economy
The Module “Islam: Business and Ethics” is part of the following Higher Education Programs taught by EENI (Business School) and the Hispano-African University of International Business:
  1. Masters (e-learning): International Business, Muslims Countries, Africa, Asia
  2. Doctorates: Religion and Business, Islamic Countries, Asia, Africa
  3. Courses Business in Eurasia, ASEAN, Maghreb, Middle East

Student Arab Bachelor's Degree, EENI (Business School) and HA University

Master and Doctorate in International Business for the Middle East Students

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  1. Credits of the subject “Islam”: 5 ECTS Credits
  2. Duration: 5 weeks
  3. Download the syllabus of the module: “Islam” (PDF)

Intended for all those that want to specialise and/or to recycle in all the aspects related to Islam and businesses.

Other modules related to Islam

Module: Main Economic Organisations related to the Muslim Countries (5 ECTS).

  1. Arab League
  2. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
    1. Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (TPS-OIC)
    2. Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC)
    3. Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry
    4. Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade
    5. Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
  3. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ECSWA)
  4. Islamic Development Bank
  5. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
  6. Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States
  7. Asia-Middle East Dialogue (AMED)
  8. Summit of South American-Arab Countries (ASPA)
  9. Afro-Arab Cooperation

Download the syllabus of the subject: “Islamic Institutions” (PDF)

The objectives of the module “Islamic Economic Institutions” are the following:

  1. To understand the fundamental role of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the economic development of the Muslim Countries
  2. To explore the affiliated bodies of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
  3. To analyse the role of the Islamic Development Bank in the countries of the Ummah (Islamic Community)
  4. To understand the role of the Arab League
  5. To explore the trade relations and agreements between the Islamic Markets
  6. To analyse the international relations of the Islamic Community with the rest of the world

Intended for all those that want to specialise and/or to recycle in all the aspects related to Islamic Economic Institutions.

Other Regional Economic Organisations:

  1. Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
  2. Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO)
  3. Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
  4. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
  5. Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement

Module: Arab Development Funds (1 ECTS)

Arab Development Funds

  1. Arab Monetary Fund
  2. Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
  3. Arab Trade Financing Programme
  4. OPEC Fund for International Development
  5. Abu Dhabi Fund for Development
  6. Saudi Fund for Development
  7. Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organisations
  8. Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
  9. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)

Download the syllabus of the module “Arab Development Funds” (PDF)

Module: Economic Areas of the Islamic Civilisation

Economic Areas of the Islamic Civilisation

  1. Introduction to the Islamic Civilisation
  2. Islamic Economic Areas:
    1. Arab Economic Area
    2. Central Eurasian Economic Area
    3. Maghrebian Economic Area
    4. Malay Economic Area
    5. African Economic Area (African Civilisation)
  3. Main economic institutions associated with the Muslim Countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe
  4. Islamic Countries and globalisation
  5. Economic Integration of the Islamic Civilisation
    1. Major Free Trade Agreements (FTA) related to the Muslim Countries
  6. Interactions of the Islamic Civilisation with the other civilisations

Credits of the module “Economic Area of the Islamic Civilization”: 4 ECTS

The main objective of this final part is to provide the student with all the necessary information on the political-economic institutions related to the Islamic Countries in addition to the main trade agreements. Thus, the student can deduce the degree of immersion of these countries in the globalised economy.

Muslim Business People

Muslim Business People

wealthiest and most influential Arabs.

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal (EENI Master Honoris Causa)
EENI delivers to His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed bin Talal a Master Honoris Causa.

  1. His Royal Highness Prince Bin Talal
  2. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber
  3. Jawad Ahmed Bukhamseen
  4. Nasser Al Kharafi
  5. Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo
  6. Abdul Aziz Ghurair
  7. Majid Al Futtaim
  8. Mohammed Al-Barwani
  9. Sulaiman Al-Rajhi

Arab Women and business - Arab Businesswoman and Executives.

  1. Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi
  2. Reem Ebrahim Al-Hashimi
  3. Amina Al Rustamani
  4. Shaikha Al Maskari
  5. Lubna Olayan
  6. Hayat Sindi
  7. Shaikha Al Bahar
  8. Maha Al-Ghunaim
  9. Hanan Al Kuwari
  10. Randa Ayoubi
  11. Ayah Bdeir
  12. Minoush Abdel-Meguid

African Muslim Business People and Philanthropists.

  1. Mohamed Ibrahim
  2. Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi
  3. Tarek Talaat Moustafa
  4. Mohamed Mansour
  5. Osama Abdul Latif
  6. Mohamed Ali Harrath
  7. Reginald Mengi
  8. Ali Haddad
  9. Othman Benjelloun
  10. Dr Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi
  11. Miloud Chaabi
  12. Alhaji Aliko Dangote
  13. Adewale Tinubu
  14. Anas Sefrioui
  15. Mohamed Hassan Bensalah
  16. Hassan Abdalla
  17. Naushad Merali
  18. Said Salim Bakhresa
  19. Aziz Akhannouch
  20. Ahmed Mekky
  21. Abdulsamad Rabiu
  22. Olufemi Otedola
  23. Tunde Folawiyo
  24. Mohammed Dewji
  25. Hajia Bola Shagaya
  26. Iman
  27. Dra. Amina Odidi

Asian Muslim Businessman and Philanthropists.

  1. Muhammad Abdul Mannan
  2. Muhammad Yunus
  3. Mian Muhammad Mansha
  4. Salman Rahman
  5. Dewan Farooqui
  6. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno
  7. Tan Sri Mokhtar
  8. Azim Premj
  9. Yusuf Hamied
  10. Islamic Revolutionary Guard
  11. Bonyads

African Muslim Historians

  1. Ali Al'amin Mazrui
  2. Hichem Djaït
  3. Sheikh Anta Diop
  4. Ahmadou Hampaté Bá
  5. Boubou Hama
  6. Pathé Diagne
  7. Djibril Tamsir Niane

“The principles of the Islamic Finance may represent a possible solution to the global financial crisis.” (Osservatore Romano)

Ethics Islam

Harmony of Religions Ahimsa Business (Non-Violence)

“To each of you We prescribed a law and a method. Had Allah willed, He would have made you one nation united in religion, but He intended to test you in what He has given you; so race to all that is good.” Holy Quran (5:48).

Sharia (Islamic Law)
Sharia Islam

Summary of the module - Islam: Business and Ethics

In this subject; we will discuss Islam and the main features of the Islamic Countries from the viewpoint of the intercultural negotiation.

It is crucial to note that this subject has been written with a maximum and absolute respect for this religion, which has 1,570 million followers around the world.

After the 11-S, the international businessman wishing to do business with the Muslims Countries needs a closer approach to Islam and its culture as a premise to establish trusting relationships to develop business in the long-term. This is the main objective of this subject: to introduce the students to Islam and this interesting culture and therefore on their way of doing business.

  1. Muslim Population: 1.57 billion people (23% of the world's population)
  2. Only 15% of the Muslims are Arabs (the Middle East)
  3. 62% of the World's Muslim population lives in Asia and 20% in the MENA region (the Middle East and North Africa)
  4. 300 million Muslims live in countries where Islam is not the majority religion: China, India, or Russia.

We also aim to break the negative topic that many Westerners have against Islam.

The Five pillars of Islam:
Five Pillars of Islam

EENI - The Middle East and Maghrebian Students:
EENI Middle East Students

❮ Samples - Islam ❯

Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna Qasimi

OIC Islamic exports

Amina Al Rustamani Emirati Businesswoman

Fiqh Islamic Jurisprudence

Islamic Economics Zakat

Alhaji Aliko Dangote Nigerian Businessman

Trade Preferential System TPS Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Islamic Banking

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

Hajia Bola Shagaya Nigerian Businesswoman

Islamic Banking

Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (OIC-COMCEC)

Mohammed Al-Barwani Omani Businessman

Mohamed Ibrahim Sudanese Businessman

Mohamed Mansour Egyptian Businessman

Lubna Olayan Businesswoman Saudi Arabia

Jawad Ahmed Bukhamseen Kuwaiti Businessman

Maha Al-Ghunaim Kuwaiti Businesswoman

Sheikh Mohammed Amoudi

Tarek Talaat Moustafa Businessman

Nasser Al-Kharafi Businessman Kuwait

Anas Sefrioui Moroccan Business People

Shaikha Al Bahar

Religions, ethics, and business



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