January, 2010

• 25 January

  Islamic Finance. An opportunity at a time of Crisis, By Nafis Alam, – School of Business – Monash University Sunway campus, Malaysia

  © Islamic Finance Today Nafis Alam is currently attached to the School of Business at Monash University Sunway campus, where he works as Lecturer (Islamic Finance) and has also embarked on a PhD program in Islamic Finance. Nafis has co-authored the ?Encyclopedia of Islamic Finance? which is a first of its kind. Islamic banks operating under the guided principles of …

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• 23 January

  THE TREACHERY BEHIND THE HAITIAN TRAGEDY, By AMEEN IZZADEEN

  The history of any country is replete with lessons that help it to shape a better future. But not Haiti’s. To use a cliché, its history is a history that repeats itself. Military coups are a common occurrence. Poverty is a perpetual enemy which is yet to be defeated. Social ills such as corruption, prostitution, armed gangsterism and narcotics have …

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• 21 January

  A Muslim woman speaks out Ottawa author talks about Canada, Islam, women’s rights and terrorism, By Jennifer Green

  Photograph by: Bruno Schlumberger, The Ottawa Citizen Sheema Khan was just three years old when she emigrated with her family from India to Montreal. They wanted a country with a good education system, and work opportunities. But mostly, they wanted to leave behind the sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims in their Calcutta home. Canada was that land of promise …

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• 21 January

  Message from ISNA president on the Haitian Earthquake, by Dr. Ingrid Mattson

  It has been reported that a prominent Christian leader, Pat Robertson, has said that Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact with the devil.” Fortunately, this is not the mainstream Christian position and my friend, the Reverend Paul Raushenbush, has rejected Robertson’s “blaming the victims” theology. Religious leaders must take a stance against extremist voices in their community, and I …

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• 20 January

  On the Position of Women in Islam and in Islamic Society, By Dr. Hassan al-Turabi.

  Dr Hassan al-Turabi from Sudan is one of the world’s leading living scholars of Islam. In addition to a traditional Islamic education, he holds a Bachelors degree in Law from the University of Khartoum, a Masters from the University of London and a PhD from the Sorbonne, Paris.  He has served Sudan as Speaker of parliament, Attorney General, Minister of …

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• 19 January

  What do a billion Muslims think?, By Sara Reef and Zeeshan Suhail

  Washington, DC/New York, New York – What do one billion Muslims really think? Despite widespread media coverage of global terrorism by various self-proclaimed “Islamic” groups from America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, little is known about what the majority of the world’s Muslims really think and feel. What do Muslims have to say about violence and terrorist attacks, democracy, …

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• 18 January

  The Sun Is Setting on the Two-State Solution, By Peter Marmorek

  The Sun Is Setting on the Two-State Solution Perhaps recent leaders of Israel might made better choices had they spent more time reading Sherlock Holmes. Of particular use to them might have been The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet in which Holmes says, “It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however …

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