One of the Muslims interviewed in the article explains that his investments in the Shariah-Compliant Amana mutual funds have performed much better than non-Shariah-compliant investments.
In his massive cutbacks, Houghton sold the range operation to Raytheon's Amana division, which is doing fairly well with the line and is now a good customer for Corning.
The Massachusetts-based conglomerate was already a big player in military electronics, but generated much of its revenues from other lines such as Beechcraft business jets, Amana appliances, and academic publishing.