Islam: Business and Ethics

EENI- School of International Business

Module - Islam: Business and Ethics. Muslims Business People. Syllabus:

“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. The main economic institutions related to the Muslim Countries
3. The Arab Development Funds
4. The 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. The Prophet Muhammad
3. The Holy Quran
4. The Expansion of Islam
5. The first schism of Islam: Sunnis and Shiites
6. Introduction to Sufism
7. The Five pillars of Islam: Profession of Faith, Prayer, Charity (Zakat), Fasting, and Pilgrimage to Mecca
8. The 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. The ASEAN
4. Africa
5. The Middle East

Islam and Businesses.

1. The Economic Impact of the Zakat
2. The Sharia (Islamic Law)
3. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)
4. The Islamic Economics
5. The Islamic Banking
6. The Islamic Marketing
7. The 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 learn about the influence of Islam on business
9. To analyse the figures of the main Muslim Businessman
10. To know the fundamental role of Islam on the Islamic Civilisation
11. To analyse the economic areas of the Islamic Civilisation, the economic integration processes and their relationships with the other civilisations
12. To understand the role of the Islamic Countries on the global economy

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

Module: The Arab Development Funds (1 ECTS)

The 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: The Economic Areas of the Islamic Civilisation

The Economic Areas of the Islamic Civilisation

1. Introduction to the Islamic Civilisation
2. The Islamic Economic Areas:
   1. The Arab Economic Area
   2. The Central Eurasian Economic Area
   3. The Maghrebian Economic Area
   4. The Malay Economic Area
   5. The African Economic Area (the African Civilisation)
3. The 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 “The 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.

Muslims Business People

Muslims Business People

The wealthiest and most influential Arabs.

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 Muslims 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. Minoush Abdel-Meguid
27. Iman
28. 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. Cheikh 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)

“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)

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. The 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:

EENI - The Middle East and Maghrebian Students:

❮ Samples - Islam ❯

Religions, ethics, and business