August, 2015

• 18 August

  First Global Academy Awards 2015

  

  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 & …

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• 18 August

  Jewish groups protest cancellation of U.S. musician’s Spanish concert

  

  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 …

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• 15 August

  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 …

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• 12 August

  Make Your Request and Trust God By :- Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

  

  The Prophets' Supplications in the Qur'an Materialistic people observe only the norms they are accustomed to and the superficial factors and causes; they never see what is beyond. Believers, on the other hand, perceive what is below the surface. They perceive Allah’s power that manages all affairs. He, the Almighty, creates causes and consequences. Then why do people not resort …

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• 10 August

  Remembering the life of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat

  

  The fiery South African autodidact was a champion of interreligious debate. Sheikh Deedat was a charismatic, self-taught Muslim scholar from South Africa, most famous for engaging Christian evangelists in public debate. In 1986, he debated Jimmy Swaggart and even challenged the late Pope John Paul II to a debate in the Vatican Square. His son, Yousuf Deedat, calls him a …

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• 8 August

  Muslims seek solutions to their problems; Not ministerial portfolios.

  

   By Latheef Farook Will the burning issues of the island’s Muslim community be addressed under a United National Front for Good Governance, UNFGG, government led by United National Party? This has become the main common concern especially of the civil society of the Muslim community island wide. This is especially so in the context of the presence of Sri Lankan …

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• 8 August

  ‘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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