Activist investor Bashar Qasem, President and CEO of Azzad Asset Management Inc, speaks to a client during a conference in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
BOSTON (Reuters) - Shareholder activism is rare in Islamic finance, but one wealth manager has staked out new territory as the most outspoken voice among Muslim investors in the United States.
Working from an office in Falls Church, Virginia, Bashar Qasem was the only Islamic financial representative among religious shareholder advocates who sent a letter in February to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
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