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  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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …