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BTCMANAGER
April 30, 2018
R3 is a software enterprise firm that is working closely with over 200 financial institutions to develop its blockchain platform designed specifically for ... that the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, had issued a fatwa against bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, terming them as 'un-Islamic' and forbidden as perÃâà...
Salaam Gateway
April 30, 2018
A survey of Islamic finance institutions conducted by the RFI over the past year found that three-quarters of respondents said they had considered ... while Muslim-majority countries - Indonesia and Malaysia - have began incorporating green principles into their markets for Islamic bonds, or sukuk.
Quartz
April 30, 2018
New clashes between Buddhist extremists and Muslims occurred in two different towns in Sri Lanka, Kandy, and Ampara in early 2018. Triggered in part by hate-filled posts spread by nationalistic Sinhala Buddhist Facebook groups, these riots resulted in the death of one Muslim and the destruction of manyÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 30, 2018
Or if criticism of Islam is immediately suspected of growing out of racism and hatred of Muslims. ... mostly Muslim migrants in 2015, Germany's four main intelligence agencies contributed to a little-noticed report warning, “We are importing Islamic extremism, Arab anti-Semitism, national and ethnic conflicts ofÃâà...
UConn Daily Campus
April 28, 2018
“As an unapologetic Palestinian Muslim woman who wears hijab, I have gone my whole life being systematically silenced; silenced by white supremacy, Islamophobia, even Muslim institutions designed to protect me. But I refuse to be silenced,” the student said. The student alleges that while she wasÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
April 27, 2018
In any event, the Islamic bloc in IOM is weaker than in other international institutions because several influential Muslim countries — including ... Purse, had produced a series of tweets suggesting that Islam was an intrinsically violent religion and that Christians should be granted special treatment.
The Peninsula Qatar
April 25, 2018
DOHA: The GCC Islamic banks' financing growth will reach 4-5 percent in 2018-19, supported by strategic initiatives by the regional governments. ... or Financial Accounting Standards (FAS) 30 for banks reporting under Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions' standards.
ColorLines magazine
April 25, 2018
Boundaoui was startled. She had assumed that the surveillance incidents were separate. Now she was learning that they were part of a far-reaching FBI counterterrorism probe. Most major Muslim-American institutions were listed to be investigated for money laundering and tax fraud, including Boundaoui'sÃâà...
Voice of America
April 25, 2018
As early as May 2015, the bureau warned that militia extremists were "expanding their targets to include Muslims and Islamic religious institutions in the United States." Marked as it was by anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant vitriol, the 2016 election campaign spurred some militiamen into action. It was in thisÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 25, 2018
That the Supreme Court is only hearing a case about the travel ban now, with the ban in its third iteration, is not proof that the federal courts have joined the resistance; it's proof that they've been the one governmental institution that continues to serve the American people in the way the Founding FathersÃâà...
Middle East Eye
April 25, 2018
The UK is "anything but Islamophobic", so spoke a Muslim organisation head in a comment to the press on the Islamophobia Awards in 2004. .... the national consultation on immigration and terrorism, the billboard campaigns nor in the referendum questions is there an explicit mention of Muslims or Islam."Ãâà...
Khaleej Times
April 25, 2018
Abdulla Mohammed Al Awar, CEO of DIEDC, stressed the centre's keenness to strengthen the role of Islamic finance institutions and banks, as well as work with its strategic partners to raise awareness about Islamic financial instruments, particularly sukuk, with the aim of stimulating development projectsÃâà...
Gulf Times
April 25, 2018
The increasingly important role Islamic finance plays in the global financial industry and its unabated expansion raises questions about the sector's growing impact on financial stability. What we learned from the financial crisis ten years ago was that large conventional financial institutions were unable toÃâà...
Muscat Daily
April 25, 2018
Alizz Islamic Bank is a strong example of how Islamic financial institutions can support the growth of the education sector which is crucial for the economy,” Shaksy said while speaking at the event. Speaking about the facilities in the proposed complex, Rao said, “The facility will be built in Al Khoud, nearÃâà...
The Conversation CA
April 17, 2018
Arab-Islamic education appeared in Sub-Saharan Africa at the same time as the dissemination of Islam in the 11th century. ... To compete with Koranic schools and attract Muslim students, the colonial administrations subsequently created formal madrasas to train competent Arabic-speaking civil servants.
Gulf Times
April 10, 2018
QIB has demonstrated steady financial growth over the past five years and has been setting a benchmark for Islamic banks in the region with its embrace of cutting-edge banking technologies, and its customer-centric approach to both its product offering and the overall banking experience; offered across itsÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 3, 2018
The "Back to Fitrah" event — which sought to return LGBTQ students to Islam — was organized by the Muslim Students' Association and approved by the university. by Betsy Joles ... While USM is not a religiously affiliated institution, like many parts of Malaysian culture, it's colored by Islamic custom.
www.sagoodnews.co.za
April 3, 2018
The PMR Africa awards are the end result of a research process whereby companies, departments, institutions and individuals are nominated and rated by respondents against specific attributes or criteria. A company, department, institution and individual cannot “enter” the research process but mustÃâà...
Daily Sabah
April 3, 2018
The report adds that European intellectuals consider that Islamophobia is a term created by Muslims to block any discussion on Islam. ... committed by the French state and its agencies which, therefore, excludes the repression that has been targeting Muslim individuals and institutions," the report says.
KTVU San Francisco
April 3, 2018
While the threat seems to be directed at British Muslims, members of the Bay Area's Muslim community are concerned about hate crimes here at home. The local chapter of CAIR, the Council for American-Islamic Relations, issued a safety warning urging increased security at Islamic institutions. AnyoneÃâà...
Southgate News Herald
April 3, 2018
The interfaith community gathers following a press conference April 3 at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, to stand against Islamophobia and other hatred, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and in light of the “Punish a Muslim April 3” fliersÃâà...
Jordan Times
April 3, 2018
A recent report by the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) legal aid organisation had also identified a “significant lack of legal services for women in Sharia [Islamic Law] courts”. “The government, alongside key institutions, has undoubtedly made remarkable achievements inÃâà...
Global Finance
April 3, 2018
Global Finance magazine has announced its eleventh annual awards for the World's Best Islamic Financial Institutions. A full report on the selections will appear in Global ... “Islamic finance is spreading to serve Muslim populations around the world. By identifying the Best Islamic Financial Institutions,Ãâà...
BBC News
April 3, 2018
She said: "As horrific as it is, when I first heard about the Punish a Muslim Day, I wasn't surprised. "Islamophobia has become normalised - especially against women who are visibly Muslim. "It's not just in the street; it is present in institutions and work places. Muslims face stigmatisation every day. "PeopleÃâà...
Newsweek
April 2, 2018
According to Hamza bin Laden, the meeting established Saudi Arabia's dependence on the U.S. and allowed the occupation of Muslim lands by ... to tie them to the United States, which is often seen as an enemy of Islam," Chris Meserole, a Middle East expert at the Brookings Institution, told Newsweek.
New York Magazine
April 2, 2018
In the Islamic faith, as with all Abrahamic religions, death is not viewed as the cessation of life, but merely the end of a soul's existence on Earth; the holy Quran ... In the Black Muslim community, that last part isn't always so cut and dry — the institutions ignore them and the communities are under constantÃâà...
New Vision
April 2, 2018
Interestingly, this castle is not only for prayer, but has become a focal point for all Arab and Islamic institutions and organisations operating in Uganda. It is also a base for the Duats (Muslim preachers) from Islamic and Arab countries through which they carry out their Islamic preaching, cultural and reliefÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 2, 2018
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) aims to improve women's access to infrastructure that will offer economic opportunities through Islamic microfinance, ... "The IDB aims to do this by strengthening partnership with member countries to improve the status of women in the Muslim World, blended withÃâà...
ZAWYA
April 2, 2018
Tunis, Tunisia– Senior representatives of multilateral development institutions, regulatory authorities, and capital market operators are scheduled to attend a seminar on the role of Islamic capital markets in mobilizing resources for achieving sustainable development, during the 43rd Annual Meeting of theÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 2, 2018
Calling itself Wilayat Khorasan, the Islamic State's South Asian branch is more commonly referred in Western media as ISIS-K or ISKP (Islamic State Khorasan Province). .... Diplomatic initiatives are complicated by the fact that the Trump administration has weakened the State Department as an institution.
The Express Tribune
April 1, 2018
However, in Pakistan educational institutions have instead been contributing to the rise and proliferation of extremism and terrorism. ... were allowed to be set up in Pakistan to radicalise a large number of Pakistanis, Afghans and Muslims from across the world to fight the Russians in Afghanistan. So findingÃâà...
Fin24
April 1, 2018
“Sharia investing is for Muslims looking to invest based on Islamic principles, but it also appeals to non-Muslims looking to diversify their portfolios by tapping ... Internationally, global institutions tend not to market sharia-compliant products as aggressively to Muslim customers only, so there is more uptakeÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 1, 2018
Bilawal criticised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, saying the party has weakened institutions. But judicial activism should be decreased, he said. Moreover, the PPP chairperson also said that space for politics of ideology was diminishing. About Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's statement regardingÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 31, 2018
Support for the award ceremony was provided by a variety of institutions, including 3FF, Cambridge Assessment, International Education, the Manchester Islamic Education Trust, the Armed Forces Muslim Association and many other institutions. There can be no doubt that the Interfaith Education AwardsÃâà...
Salaam Gateway
March 30, 2018
The world of Islamic finance industry competitions for innovation or solutions is really quite small. The two newest ones are focused on financial technology: the Islamic Development Bank's FinTech Islamic Finance Challenge was launched only last year and the Responsible Finance & InvestmentÃâà...
New York Times
March 29, 2018
In 2013, Akbar Ahmed, a celebrated scholar of Islam and Pakistan's former high commissioner to Britain and Ireland, was invited to speak at a mosque ... What happened there “captures the current predicament of contemporary European Muslim society: angry and noisy young Muslims, unresolved issuesÃâà...
The Nation
March 29, 2018
Chairman, Department of Islamic Studies, Prof. Abdul Qudoos Sohaib said that Islamic civilisation made tremendous achievements in all fields of life. He added that might of historic buildings constructed during Muslim eras were evident of expertise of Muslims in construction. He disclosed that over 50Ãâà...
The Atlantic
March 29, 2018
At the same time, many Muslims consider a top-down approach to manage Islam domesticating or patronizing, particularly in light of France's unresolved colonial legacy in the Arab-Muslim world—a .... A break with foreign funding would at least in part disentangle Muslim institutions from foreign interests.
Pakistan Observer
March 25, 2018
In this backdrop, shudder must run through the spine of the Muslim Ummah which has today succumbed to never-ending erosion of Islamic values at the behest of forces inimical to Islam and those styling themselves as emancipated scholars. Without having to look elsewhere, Pakistan has marveled at dancing into the 21stÃâà...
Gulf Times
March 25, 2018
Nevertheless, Commercial Bank, Ahli Bank, Woqod, Gulf International Services, Mazaya Qatar and Islamic Holding Group were among the gainers. Non-Qatari institutions' net profit booking increased influentially to QR8.89mn against QR6.36mn last Thursday. Domestic funds' net buying weakenedÃâà...
The Nation
March 25, 2018
Speakers shared their experience of markets with a sizable non-Muslim population who was attracted to bank with Islamic financial institutions due to a cost effective, user friendly product. It is pertinent to mention that, particularly, in case if Bosnia this was achieved without an enabling regulatory framework.
ummid.com
March 25, 2018
But to utter dismay, Muslims in India do not have adequate numbers of educational institutions to literate their huge but pauperized community. For modern contemporary education they have access only to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) New Delhi, Maulana Azad National UrduÃâà...
Gulf Times
March 25, 2018
He was named as one of the top ten experts on Islam in America by the Religion Newswriters Foundation's Religion Link and among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-ChristianÃâà...
GetReligion (blog)
March 24, 2018
Begin with Islam. The vast majority of believers continue their faith's generally moderate mainstream tradition. But a relatively small faction persists in slaughter of the innocents – fellow Muslims included – and preaches that this mayhem is God's mandate for planet Earth. In modern times, no major religionÃâà...
NewsClick
March 24, 2018
The NCMEI – a quasi-judicial body – had granted minority institution status to Jamia Millia Islamia in February 2011 and Justice Siddiqui as ... in holding that Jamia was founded by the Muslims for the benefit of the Muslims and it never lost its identity as a Muslim minority educational institution,” he had saidÃâà...
Technology Zimbabwe
March 24, 2018
Islam tenets discourage or forbid Muslims to associate their money with interest bearing institutions. ... of Financial Inclusion and the regulatory authority which has financial resources should initiate the introduction of Islamic Finance through setting up a financial institution that practices this form of banking.
DAWN.com
March 23, 2018
If we start journey on the road to Islamic polity, no power on earth can stop us from attaining real freedom,” he said while addressing an “Islam Zindabad ... Maulana Fazl, who is also president of the recently revived Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), said Muslims and Islam were under attack and “one dictator”Ãâà...
The Siasat Daily
March 23, 2018
Asad Ansari and Waqar Mirza congratulate Mahmood Ali for becoming the very first Muslim Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana. They further discuss the scopes and potential of Islamic Finance to draw foreign investment into the country in general and Telangana in particular where Muslims have aÃâà...
CNN
March 23, 2018
Bolton agreed with Geller that the United Nations was an anti-Semitic institution. Geller also pressed Bolton on his thoughts on the alleged threat of "creeping Sharia," a conspiracy that she and other anti-Muslim activists hold that Muslims in America are stealthily trying to implement religious law in theÃâà...
NJ.com
March 13, 2018
The Zoning Board, during a special meeting in the Bayonne High School auditorium last night, approved a mosque and community center proposed by the local nonprofit group Bayonne Muslims. The board had denied the proposal about a year ago, citing traffic and parking concerns. But after a federalÃâà...
