The Treasury Department has created and staffed a position called the Islamic Finance Scholar-in Residence.

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The representative of Mali said, had his delegation been present, it would have abstained from the vote, in accordance with the common position of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

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Golkar even holds a certain amount of appeal for Islamists, thanks to Mr Tandjung's former position as the head of a big Islamic students' association.

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