MICRO FINANCE - EVENTS - Islamic Finance Expert will discuss the development of micro financing

Jakarta, (2/5). Informal discussion amongst shariah scholars is now more intense and today they will have a discussion in the development of micro financing at Hotel Sofyan, Jl Cut Mutia – Menteng  Jakarta Pusat , at around  18:00 WIB this evening.

Taufan Maulamin as the organizer said this meeting among the shariah expert, practioners and scholars are very actively done recently. (full story)

LIFESTYLE - Hotel Sofyan Shariah Jakarta: “Shariah” mark improved hotel’s occupancy

The second edition of Sharing magazine "Australian edtion 02/2010", contains this interesting article on Hotel Sofyan Shariah- Jakarta.

In the last ten years there have been many businesses in Indonesia which carries the “Shariah” label, and it has become a more commonly used term to label the business.  It started in the financial industry, with the addition of Shariah label such as Shariah banking, Shariah insurance, Shariah capital markets, Shariah leasing, etc. Along with the growth of the certification in Shariah compliance, the trend grows to many businesses outside the financial industry.