Introduction

The Organising Committees of the workshop on Unity of Knowledge: Integrating the Muslim World Through Trade and Development sincerely thanks the sponsors of this workshop, the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant received by Professor Masudul Alam Choudhury at the University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, for jointly launching this eminent scholarly event at KFUPM. This event is being organised by the Department of Finance and Economics at the College of Industrial Management in KFUPM.