INDONESIA - ECONOMY - Encourage Economic Development Wamenag Sharia

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs (Wamenag) Nazaruddin Umar said the government will encourage the development of Islamic financial services through universities throughout Indonesia.

"The government through the Ministry of Religious Affairs encourages all universities in Indonesia to develop Islamic economics majors considering the lack of experts in these fields," Nazaruddin Umar said here on Monday. (source)

INDONESIA - ECONOMY - Government Asked to Develop Serious Economic Sharia

Jakarta (19/10) Today the government Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) announced the results of the United Indonesia Cabinet reshuffle (II), some new names occupy a strategic position, as originally Nazarrudin Umar became the Ministry of Islamic Guidance Religion Religion is now a deputy minister. (source)