| [Zawya] Demand in Oman for Islamic finance courses is on the rise as the market predicted to be worth thousands of billions of dollars worldwide by the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), interest in the industry has grown in the sultanate, according to ACCA as well as the (CIMA), which puts the current value of the industry at US$20bn. Middle East regional manager for Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), said that its course in Islamic finance, recently launched in Oman, is already proving popular with students in the sultanate. Islamic finance is picking up in Oman. The CIMA course has four modules covering Islamic commercial law, Islamic markets, Islamic banking and Takaful and accounting for Islamic financial institutions. Country manager for ACCA, added that there has been growing interest in the Islamic finance sections of the organisation's training courses - covered in its financial management qualification. "There has been demand. I think people want to have more options of banking. There is much scope for this sector as well." |
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