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Steroid for religious department

Religious department is less efficient compared with other government agencies. The poor management is at the expensive cost of the ummah. Why can't those who work in the religious department be more responsible and effective in delivering their services?

Kenapa kepimpinan agama kurang berjaya?
Oleh: DR. MOHD. ASRI ZAINUL ABIDIN

OIC condition of health

Very few of the organisation’s members can claim infant mortality rates of better than 10 per 1,000 live births; 11 of the countries at the bottom of the world table in this regard are OIC members.

Save the Children
IT was at Malaysia’s behest that the Organisation of the Islamic Conference added a meeting of health ministers to its annual roster of events, as a further step towards meaningful co-operation beyond the existing annual conferences of foreign, information, cultural and tourism ministers.

Inequality

An overview of inequality

The Quagmire of Inequality
Citing income increases of the most wealthy evokes images of greedy CEOs and hedge-fund managers. But the story is more
complicated.

Measuring the economy

Offshoring and phantom GDP

The Real Cost Of Offshoring
U.S. data show that moving jobs overseas hasn't hurt the economy. Here's
why those stats are wrong - BUSINESSWEEK

More on phantom GDP

Spiritual question

How much to donate?

Turning wealth into good works
With unprecedented wealth comes the moral
question of what to do with it – and many Americans are choosing to give it to
charity.

Clean river is a public good

If we treat the environment poorly, we'll pay the costs later.

India's rivers are drowning in pollution
The Indian government has spent half-a-billion dollars trying to clean up Delhi's Yamuna River. It's only gotten worse, says Fortune's Daniel Pepper. FORTUNE

Billionaire Robin Hood

Investing... It's hard to imagine the type of 'jungle' we are in when we have a billionaire Robin Hood...

The hottest investor in America

When you believe in market and then you confuse by the outcomes

Markets Make Sense, Except When They Don't

Free market.. Yes we need to regulate it. Government intervention is crucial to ensure people are following the rules of the game properly. But wait... Not everybody is nice. There are crooks out there ready to eat people. This is where we need a good 'internal control' to regulate human behaviour. Religion therefore is important and very significant in regulating behaviors..

About economy, economics and economist

I find this article is ineresting: An Economics Laundry List

Global peace index

This is another important indicator of a country's competitiveness level internationally. Can you find the best ranked Islamic country?

Sovereign-wealth funds

Many Asian countries are now flushed with foreign exchange reserves. These bulks of money are looking for places that could yield good return. Government-investment vehicle now actively involves in domestic and international financial markets. This creates internationalization of companies all over the world.

Moreover, the torrent of money is alarmingly growing exponentially every hour under the interest-based economy. How far this is sustainable?

Advising leaders

The ethic to advise leader by Dr Mohd Asri Zainal Abidin

Thinking in term of more debts

The financial market is getting complicated. Nonetheless, the trend is moving towards severely indebted economy. Hence, risk management through various forms of financial maneuvering is considered to be vital for a 'mature' financial market.

The simple guidepost is for any deeply indebted economy, the final destiny is bankruptcy.

Invest Islamically

Portfolio investment is part of the strategy on how we can build and create wealth. However, for Muslims, this must be done cautiously. I have discussed this in my latest book "Hidup Kaya Tanpa Riba'. I hope more Muslims will realize the importance of this issue.

Here is another example of how practical it can be.

WB, IMF and WTO; are they still relevant?

Few groups are benefiting from the establishment of these institutions. There are countries with vested interest behind these bodies.

Are they relevant anymore?
WTO panel to assess Argentinian request
Third World Network

Predator looking for food

Hedge funds find it is difficult to satisfy their glut - Hedge Funds Inc.

We need mass media

If you control the mass media, you control the world - Story

Israiliyyat

Danger of israiliyyat

Boom and bust

No stability whatsoever - China remains in the forefront