MAKKAH – Putting final touches on preparations to receive millions of pilgrims from around the world, the officials in the Grand Mosque in Makkah have revealed that the fourth floor or mataf, or circumambulation area around the Kaaba, will be ready before hajj next September. “We have increased the capacity of the mataf in the Grand Mosque," Sultan Al-Qurashi, projects …

“Milking” the Hunger of a Talented Student We all strive to acquire some kind of knowledge at different points in our lives. As we traverse the journey of life from cradle to grave, there is always something new out there for us to learn or know; be it a new skill, technology, book, subject, field of research, or device that …

By :- Muzammil H. Siddiqi President of Fiqh Council — North America When we, Muslims, state that Islam is a religion of peace, we are not trying to prove something unreasonable or solve a crossword puzzle. Rather, we are just stating a fact backed by clear-cut evidence and unquestionable proofs. Even we don't need to state this fact, for Islam, in …

First Global Academy Awards 2015 The First Global Academy (FGA) held its “Academy Awards 2015” as a houseful graduation event for more than a hundred students who passed out with Islamic Finance Qualifications.  The Awards Ceremony was organized to appreciate all Associate Members of CISI-UK who received the Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) from FGA and were awarded Certificates, Diplomas & …

MADRID (Reuters) – Jewish groups protested on Monday after a Spanish reggae festival canceled a concert by an American Jewish musician when he failed to reply to a demand to clarify his position on Palestinian statehood. Matisyahu, who fuses reggae, hip-hop and rock with Jewish influences in his songs, had been due to perform next Saturday at the week-long Rototom …

London, (IINA) – Islamic finance has been growing rapidly over the past decades, reaching $1.8 trillion in 2014 and is expected to exceed $3 trillion by 2018, Consultancy.uk reported. "Consultancy.uk is the leading online platform for the management consulting industry in the UK." In a recent article by BearingPoint Institute, the consulting firm considers the differences between the partnership practice …