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Ibrahim Kalin says the Christian belief in Jesus as part of a divine trinity with God theFather and the Holy Spirit conflicts with Muslim doctrine."The Trinity is currently not accepted by Muslims as explaining the infinity and onenessof God," said Dr Kalin.6. The Rise of IslamU.S. Treasury teaches 'Islamic Finance 101'http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=80003The Treasury Department has announced it will teach "Islamic finance" to U.S. bankingregulatory agencies, Congress and other parts of the executive branch tomorrow inWashington, D.C. – but critics say it is opening a door to American funding of Islamicextremism.'Islamic Finance 101'According to its announcement, the "Islamic Finance 101" forum is "designed to helpinform the policy community about Islamic financial services, which are an increasinglyimportant part of the global financial industry."The Treasury Department has collaborated with Harvard University's Islamic FinanceProject to coordinate the event. The department says it expects about 100 people willattend the seminar.Some speakers include Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Neel Kashkari, senioradviser to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr.; Harvard Business School professorSamuel Hayes; Mahmoud El-Gamal, chair of Islamic economics, finance andmanagement at Rice University and Islamic finance adviser to the TreasuryDepartment; Sarah Bell of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Yusuf TalalDeLorenzo, Shariah adviser and Islamic scholar; Michael McMillan, chair of the IslamicLegal Forum at the American Bar Association and professor of Islamic finance; andRushdi Siddiqui, global director for the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes and vigorousadvocate for Islamic finance.Islamic finance is a system of banking consistent with the principles of Shariah, orIslamic law. It is becoming increasingly popular, having reached $800 billion bymid-2007 and growing at more than 15 percent each year. Wall Street now features anIslamic mutual fund and an Islamic index. However, critics claim anti-American terroristsare often financially supported through U.S. investments – creating a system by whichthe nation funds its own enemy.