Dubai headed for top of Islamic economy, chief says | The National

Dubai headed for top of Islamic economy, chief says | The National:



"Dubai is on the way to meeting its ambitious target to be the capital of the global Islamic economy, according to the executive charged with seeing the project through.



“We have strong infrastructure as a foundation, and I’m confident that Dubai will do it in the time frame, said Abdulla Mohammed Al Awar, the chief executive of the Dubai Islamic Economy Centre. “We’ve met such targets in the past and made Dubai what it is today.”



Mr Al Awar, a former chief executive of the Dubai International Financial Centre, said that several initiatives had already been launched in support of the plan to put Dubai at the centre of a global economy potentially worth nearly US$7 trillion in three years’ time."



'via Blog this'