Northern Region News December 13, 2010 16:43 PM Insaniah To Introduce Course To Mould Experts In Islamic Finance LANGKAWI, Dec 13 (Bernama) -- A Kedah government-owned learning institution, Kolej Universiti Insaniah,will introduce courses to enable students to master economy and syariah at the same time to produce experts in economy and Islamic finance. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said that currently, students had to take either economy or syariah. "At Insaniah, we want them to learn both (economy and syariah) at the same time so that they can be experts in Islamic finance," he told reporters after opening the Second Langkawi Islamic Finance and Economics International Conference (2 Life) here Monday. He said the university college had also gained the confidence of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to gather scholars and professionals in banking to discuss to further develop Islamic finance. The three-day conference is attended by more than 200 scholars and professionals in Islamic finance from 10 countries. A total of 62 working papers would be tabled during the conference. -- BERNAMA