OTHER MUSLIM ENTREPRENEURS:
Russia’s Sulaiman Kerimov, a member of the state Duma (Russian Parliament), is an investment wizard who made in fortune in stocks. He has interests in metal and construction.
Kuwait’s Nasser Al-Kharafi heads up M.A. Al-Kharafi & Sons, one of the largest diversified conglomerates in the Arab world, with interests in manufacturing, construction, banking, food and real estate.
Saudi Arabia‘s Mohammed Al Amoudi, whose interests lie in oil and gas, made his fortune in construction and real estate before betting on energy. His Swedish refinery Preem is now evaluating expansion possibilities into the renewable fuels sector, while his Svenska Petroleum is developing a new field off the Ivory Coast. Amoudi has invested more than $1 billion in Ethiopia, from hotels to gold mines. An ardent soccer fan, he sponsored the Confederation of East & Central African Football Associations soccer tournament last year.
UAE’s Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair is the head of Mashreqbank,
Idiotic article by idiotic westerners for idiotic western media. Muslims in India are the poorest and most backward community because of systematic discrimination while even the tiny Muslim community from Ukraine – a country of around 45 million people – has produced a Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s wealthiest tycoon whose SCM Holdings has over 18 b dollars in assets and earned around 16 billion dollars in revenues in 2008.
That is just one of many other examples around the world which idiotic western media failed to notice because of their low intelligence.
Well it did have a paragraph on Premji’s reluctance to come out and openly embrace Islamic values. The fact is, many Muslims today are just as such – Muslim by name, not by spirit. Besides, he is only human, so full of flaws. We can only pray for him (and us!) to be shown the Right Path, and to be granted the willpower and financial means to stop from this (see pix) from ever happening again. Insha Allah.