Islamic Finance Today, the exclusive Islamic Banking and Finance Magazine has released its latest April 2015 issue. The magazine which is available for free downloading as a trial offer delivers a mix of exclusive articles by the leading scholars in the field, interviews with prominent personalities, industry trends, news, views and events. This month’s issue features a number of prominent …

Only few months ago, nobody would have imagined that one of the most emotional pro-tolerance speeches would one day come from one of Germany's fiercest critics of Islam and immigrants. Yet it was Kathrin Oertel – once the leader of Germany's anti-immigrant Pegida movement, which drew tens of thousands of supporters at its peak – who apologized to Muslims in …

The Quran narrates several conversations between Moses and Pharaoh.  One of the most detailed accounts is in chapter 26, entitled As-Shu’ara ‘The Poets’.  Moses speaks kindly to Pharaoh about God, His Mercy, and His Paradise, but Pharaoh reacts disdainfully and arrogantly. He reminds Moses of his past crime asking him to be grateful that he was raised in the palace …