The Islamic finance industry faces a number of challenges, including the need to standardize interpretation of Shariah law, harmonize tax and regulation of the industry, and develop the skills base.
Sir Peter said: "We need a wider interpretation of the definition of 'occupational requirement', " adding that currently, if chief constables wanted to recruit officers who had an understanding of a particular national or ethnic group, they had to "dance on a legal pinhead" to do so.
In this case it would need a very broad interpretation of the law to say Col Karuna was a resident when he was visiting his family and had only been in the country two months.
But I can tell that her adviser said to her, you need to be unequivocal in your answers this time around so that there cannot be room for interpretation.