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A special print edition of Islamic Finance Today (IFT) magazine was released at the World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) held in Bahrain early this month. The publisher Pioneer Publications was a media partner at the event and was represented by its editor-in-chief Asiff Hussein. IFT plans to have quarterly print issues, incorporating the main articles and interviews published in its …

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – A rental company in Orlando, Florida, is offering “halal vacation homes” with curtained pool decks and rooms with prayer mats and copies of the Quran. A British company’s app lists gourmet restaurants serving halal meat in London and Dubai, while a Boston-based developer’s app offers travel guides for 90 cities with local prayer times …

  Japan and the UAE enjoy historical trade ties. The partnership that started with mercantile exports has grown manifold and now includes culinary delights, which have become the latest ambassadors  of Japan. Economics clearly point at Japan as the land of rising opportunities for investors. The world’s third largest economy is turning around after decades of stagnant growth, courtesy Abenomics, …

  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 …