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This is an abridged version of a paper presented by Zafar Bangash, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought, at a conference on Islamophobia held in Tehran on October 6 and 7, 2009. Two misconceptions need addressing before proceeding with discussion of the role of Western governments and media in promoting Islamophobia. The first myth is that governments in …
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Addressing the Shortage of Qualified Shari’ah Advisors in Islamic Banks Hussain G. Rammal
The University of Adelaide Business School. Adelaide, Australia © Islamic Finance Today The commercialisation of the Islamic financial system in the 1970s was greeted with both hope and scepticism. More than three decades later the system is widely accepted and practiced worldwide. But the future of Islamic finance remains shrouded with uncertainty due to the lack of uniformity in the …
Read More »SOCIALISM DID NOT FALL WITH THE BERLIN WALL
Twenty years ago this month, events unbelievable were happening at an unbelievably rapid pace. As 1989 dawned, few, if any, believed that the Berlin wall that divided post-War Germany would fall. It was intended to be as solid as the Great Wall of China. Such was the animosity between the Soviet Union-led Eastern Bloc and the United States-led Western Bloc. …
Read More »Turkey acted rationally in supporting Palestine + PIC
Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyib Erdogan Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyib Erdogan and his accompanying delegation Wednesday lauded the existing deep historical bonds between the two nations of Iran and Turkey, adding that the present cordial ties between the two countries have been unprecedented …
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Yoffie: Jewish leaders have ‘heads in sand’ on settlements WASHINGTON (JTA) — The leader of the Reform movement said U.S. Jewish leaders have their “heads in the sand” when it comes to Israeli settlements. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, on Monday addressed the inaugural conference of J Street, a group that backs a two-state …
Read More »Israeli drive to prevent Jewish girls dating Arabs, By Jonathan Cook
NAZARETH // A local authority in Israel has announced that it is establishing a special team of youth counsellors and psychologists whose job it will be to identify young Jewish women who are dating Arab men and “rescue” them. The move by the municipality of Petah Tikva, a city close to Tel Aviv, is the latest in a series of …
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