January, 2014

• 20 January

  Can Islamic finance provide salvation for the banking sector? by Jikon Lai

    Islamic finance has grown and expanded rapidly in recent years. It was recently announced that, following in the footsteps of some of its European neighbours, Germany will soon have its first Islamic bank — which is ironic if you think about the history of the country. Ireland, a country of arguably staunch Catholics, is alsomaking a bid to be a global hub for Islamic …

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• 20 January

  The Land of the Pure and True (Muslims in China) By Ethar El-Katatney

  

  I got into a rickshaw in Beijing and my 65–year-old wrinkled driver immediately whizzed me through the hutongs — old, narrow alleyways. He looked at me and talked in Chinese. I turned to my guide. "He's asking where you are from." "Aygee," I replied in my broken Chinese — meaning "Egypt." He pointed at my headscarf. "Are you Hindu?" "No! …

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• 20 January

  Terrorism is not a Muslim monopoly By Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar,TNN

  

  "All Muslims may not be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims." This comment , frequently heard after the Mumbai bomb blasts implies that terrorism is a Muslim specialty, if not a monopoly. The facts are very different.  First, there is nothing new about terrorism. In 1881, anarchists killed the Russian Tsar Alexander II and 21 bystanders. In 1901, anarchists killed …

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• 20 January

  Sharon An obituary in blood By Ameen Izzadeen

  

  Yet another Israeli leader dies and escapes from being tried for war crimes. Ariel Sharon could escape war crimes charges but in the world court of public opinion, he will remain a war criminal. Sharon is not alone, almost all Israeli leaders since that country’s creation in 1948 are war crimes suspects. Arab and Palestinian blood is on their hands. …

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• 16 January

  Islamic Finance growing worldwide- Leading Islamic Banker

  Islamic finance is growing at a phenomenal rate worldwide, not only in the Muslim world, but even in the West which has a thriving Islamic Finance industry. So said Muhammed Ikram Thowfeek, Founder and Managing Director of First Global Academy (FGA). He was speaking on the occasion of the Academy’s 2013 Awards Presentation under the theme ‘Translating intention to action’. …

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• 13 January

  “BEARDS KEEP YOU YOUNG, HEALTHY & HANDSOME, SAYS SCIENCE”

  

  Gentlemen, they’re not just for hipsters and the homeless any more. While both dead sexy and totally awesome, beards are also a boon to your overall health. Researchers discovered that men with beards and moustaches actually enjoy numerous benefits including, but not limited to, instant handsomeness. A study from the University of Southern Queensland, published in the Radiation Protection Dosimetry journal, found …

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• 13 January

  Zionist war criminal Ariel Sharon died after eight years in death throes. By Latheef Farook

  

  Western leaders’ responses demonstrate their powerlessness    in the face of Jewish crimes.  Israel’s former prime minister Ariel Sharon, known for his massacres and genocides of Palestinians ,destruction of their properties and accused  by an Israel commission    itself of  massacring Palestinians, died on Friday 10 January 2014. However world leaders from United Nations secretary General Ban Ki Moon, United States President …

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