Category Archives: Business and Finance

A Secular Market Nightmare

The growing foothold of Shari’a finance By Alyssa A. Lappen FrontPageMagazine | May 9, 2008 The global sub-prime mortgage mess would have been “unthinkable in the Islamic capital markets sector,” Malaysian Islamic finance scholar Mohammed Mahmud Awan told Arab News … Continue reading

America for Sale

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen Human Events | April 1, 2008 As the U.S. and Western markets plummet and the U.S. dollar continues its free fall, sovereign wealth funds (SWF) gobble up prime financial institutions, industries and real … Continue reading

U.S. Rewarding Arab Terrorism

by Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen FrontPageMagazine | March 24, 2008 The Bush Administration’s search for partners to promote “peace” and “democracy” within the Palestinian Authority (PA) resembles Lord Charles Bowen‘s “blind man in a dark room looking for … Continue reading

U.S. Rewarding Arab Terrorism

by Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen NATIV | March 22, 2008 The Bush Administration’s search for partners to promote “peace” and “democracy” within the Palestinian Authority (PA) resembles Lord Charles Bowen’s “blind man in a dark room looking for … Continue reading

Burning the candle at both ends

By Rachel Ehrenfeld & Alyssa A. Lappen Washington Times | March 22, 2008 With the U.S. economy “obviously going through a tough time,” America should welcome capital investments even from foreign sovereign wealth funds, President George W. Bush asserted on … Continue reading

Rewarding Palestinian Terrorism

by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen Pajamas Media | February 16, 2008 Unwavering U.S. determination to fund, train, and arm more than 50,000 Palestinian “soldiers” raises serious doubts about the repeated promises President George W. Bush has made … Continue reading