Islamic Finance Today, the exclusive Islamic Banking and Finance Magazine has commenced publication as a monthly in digital format from January 2015. This magazine delivers a mix of exclusive articles by the leading scholars in the field, interviews with prominent personalities, industry trends, news, views and events. You can access the magazines completely FREE of charge. Click here to …
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Istanbul, Antalya named in world’s top shopping cities in Muslim Travel Shopping Index 2015
Istanbul and Antalya have featured in a list of the world’s top shopping destinations for Muslim tourists in a report which provides detailed insights into their spending behavior while travelling. The MasterCard-CrescentRating Muslim Shopping Travel Index 2015 (MTSI 2015) has revealed Muslim travelers spent a total of $62 billion globally in shopping and dining. Istanbul was fifth while the …
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Islamic Finance Today, the exclusive Islamic Banking and Finance Magazine has released its latest September 2015 issue. The magazine which is available for free downloading features leading Islamic Finance writer Paul Mc.Namara, Start-Up Specialists, Muhammad Ikram Thowfeek and Mansoor Durrani and three special female contributors, Dr.Marjan Muhammad of ISRA, Nazeefa Fawzer of APIIT and Raja Teh Maimunah of Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad. You …
Read More »Investing in Islamic Clothing: Calyx Fashion
By Aishah Schwartz CAIRO – A recent report by Euromonitor International reviewing halal product markets suggests that investing in existing local brands or in cooperation with a Muslim fashion designer to create a new label, has the potential to produce nearly double-digit annual growth of the Islamic fashion clothing industry. "However, creating a new brand requires solid research in local …
Read More »Islamic Finance expected to grow to $3 trillion by 2018: Report
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 …
Read More »‘On the track of the Ottomans’: first halal cruise to sail from Turkey
Four nights sailing on the beautiful Aegean Sea is not a novel idea but a new ‘halal cruise’ unveiled this week is a tourism concept which is gaining ground in Turkey. In Istanbul on Tuesday, Antalya-based Fusion Tour Company revealed an enterprising approach to tourism. On their September voyage to neighboring Greece, there will be no alcohol, no pork-related products …
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