Sunday, February 21, 2010

Faith and economics: Ahmadiyya Muslim students sponsor talk on global credit crunch

The free event, sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Student Association, explores solutions to the credit crunch from Sikh, Hindu, Islamic and Christian perspectives.


Ahmadiyya Times | News Staff | US Desk
Source & Credit: Journal Sentinel | Religious Briefing
By Annysa Johnson | February 21, 2010

Economists and a local businessman were among the presenters for an interfaith discussion about the effects of the credit crunch on global economies from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee union's Fireside Lounge, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.

The free event, sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Student Association, explored solutions to the credit crunch from Sikh, Hindu, Islamic and Christian perspectives.

Presenters were Swarnjit Arora, associate professor of economics and director of UWM's Institute for Survey and Policy Research; N. Kundan Kishor, assistant professor of economics at UWM; Milwaukee-area businessman and UWM grad Maudood Ahmad; Earl Ingram, talk show host at WMCS-AM (1290); and nationally recognized youth poet Muhibb Dyer. For more information, go to www.islaminmilwaukee.org.

Read the original pre-event post here:  Muslim students sponsor talk on global credit crunch
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