Business and Islam:
A Seminar at the University of Kansas
April 7-8, 2006

Sponsored by:
Kansas African Studies Center (KASC)
Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER)
The Department of Economics
Professor Mohamed El-Hodiri, University of Kansas

• Seminar Statement, and Program of February 2005 Companion Workshop at Al Azar University, Egypt
  Professor Mohamed El-Hodiri, Department of Economics, University of Kansas

• Introduction to Seminar and Overview of Proceedings
  John M. Janzen, PhD, Professor of Anthropology and Director of KASC;
  Ousmane Seck, PhD, Economics, University of Kansas, August, 2006;
  Zaier Aouani, PhD student in Economics, University of Kansas.

• Keynote Address: "Challenges and Opportunities for Business in an Islamic Environment."
  Dr. Sultan Abou-Ali, Professor of Economics, Zazazig University, Egypt

• The Theory of Spiritual Capital as Social Capital
  Mohamed El-Hodiri, Professor of Economics, University of Kansas
• Islamic Finance: Between Classical Law and Contemporary Practice
  Mahmoud El-Gamal, Professor of Economics & Distinguished Chair, Islamic Economics
  Rice University
• Comments on Dr. El-Gamal's presentation
  Professor Sultan Abou Ali

• Teaching Business Ethics and Law to MBA Students from around the World
  Patrick Fitzgerald, Professor of Business & Former Dean of the Business School, Oklahoma City
• Business and Development from Senegal to Somalia
  Bruce Bradshaw, former project executive for Asia & Africa, World Vision International
  Professor of Business & Economics, Hesston College & Bethel College
• Islamic Law and Business [transcript not available, see review in Introduction and Overview, Janzen, Seck, & Aouani, above]
  Dr. Yahia Elshaik
  Visiting Professor, University of Kansas Law School

• Dr. Sultan Abou Ali
• Dr. Mohamed El-Hodiri
• Dr. Mahmoud El-Gamal
• Dr. Patrick Fitzgerald
• Bruce Bradshaw
• Dr. Yahia Elshaik