Islamic Economics

Sharia banks struggling to grow

Edit The Jakarta Post 22 Jul 2016

Despite its status as the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, Indonesians still favor conventional banks over those that adhere to Islamic principles ... They’re still unable to respond to business needs, which are always developing,” said Agustianto Mingka, chairman of the Islamic Economic Experts Association’s (IAEI) central advisory board....

True Islam teaches peace, not violence, leaders say at forum

Edit China Daily 22 Jul 2016

Islamic leaders in China urged Muslims not to fall into the trap of religious extremism and vowed to improve their guidance to help believers stay on the peaceful path of Islam. "War and violence are never seen as holy in Islam ... About 100 Islamic leaders and scholars from China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan participated in the two-day forum held in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region....

Kerry: IS Losing Money and Fighters, But Still a Terror Threat

Edit Voa News 22 Jul 2016

While the Islamic State group continues to lose ground and fighters in Iraq and Syria, U.S ... Speaking at a meeting of Islamic State's foes Thursday, Kerry told foreign and defense ministers from more than 30 nations that the world can look forward to a time when Islamic State is driven completely out of Iraq and Syria ... What to expect Islamic State is ......

Youths likely to be in Afghanistan

Edit The Times of India 22 Jul 2016

Investigating agencies have almost concluded that the group of youth who disappeared from Kerala has reached the Islamic State-controlled areas in Afghanistan ... Wilayah Khorasan in Afghanistan came under the IS after the extremists in the area pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed Caliph of the Islamic State ... Rashid left the school after he found that environment was not conducive for learning Islam....

US cardinal says ‘Christian nations’ in West must counter Islamic influx

Edit Deseret News 22 Jul 2016

cardinal says Islam “wants to govern the world” and Americans must decide if they are going to reassert “the Christian origin of our own nation” in order to avoid that fate ... Louis, stressed that he did not want to be “disrespectful” of Islam or “generate hostility.” ... But Burke claimed “these things aren’t anomalies for Islam....

Christian Radio Host Upset: Muslim Spoke At RNC (Video)

Edit Opposing Views 22 Jul 2016

Fischer went on to slam Islam, and added ... And the GOP allowed the supernatural and evil entity, which is behind the religion of Islam, to be invoked and invited into that building last night ... Tarar's prayer made no mention of Islam, but he did quote the "prophet Muhammad" at one point in his speech (video below)....

US, allies say they're at key moment in fight against IS

Edit Springfield News-Sun 22 Jul 2016

The United States and its anti-Islamic State coalition allies said Thursday they've reached a key moment in their campaign to defeat the extremist group, despite several months of limited ground gains and major terrorist attacks ... Airstrikes have killed Islamic State leaders and disrupted the group's military operations, he said ... Coalition attacks have eliminated Islamic State oil facilities, tanker trucks and cash storage sites....

US, allies say they're at key moment in fight against Islamic State

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 22 Jul 2016

WASHINGTON — The United States and its anti-Islamic State coalition allies said Thursday they've reached a key moment in their campaign to defeat the extremist group, despite several months of limited ground gains and major terrorist attacks ... Airstrikes have killed Islamic State leaders and disrupted the group's military operations, he said....

Brazil nabs 10 IS backers in Olympics anti-terror swoop

Edit Atlanta Journal 22 Jul 2016

Ten Brazilians who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group were arrested Thursday, authorities announced, describing them as "amateurs" who discussed on social media the possibility of staging attacks during next month's Olympics ... Kassirer pointed out the Islamic State group launched a channel in May on the messaging app Telegram to disseminate jihadi propaganda specifically in Portuguese....

Turkey Enters Emergency-Rule Era as Erdogan Hints at Extension

Edit Bloomberg 22 Jul 2016

It’s also committed to the American-led fight against Islamic State and plays a key security role along the Turkish-Syrian border ... “The government may need some extraordinary measures to restore political and economic stability, and therefore there hasn’t been widespread opposition to emergency rule,” Huseyin Bagci, a professor of international relations at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, said by phone....

Excited by Trump, gay Republicans struggle with rest of GOP

Edit Austin American Statesman 22 Jul 2016

Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, said only Trump was being honest about how "fake culture wars" distract from America's economic decline ... After a gunman claiming Islamic State allegiance killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Trump said he'd be better than Hillary Clinton because he wouldn't allow in Muslim immigrants who want to "murder gays."....

Trump sparks activists' quest to register 1 million Muslims to vote. Here are the details

Edit Deseret News 22 Jul 2016

Council of Muslim Organizations, an umbrella group of Islamic organizations, has announced a number of initiatives of late, including a voter registration drive called the "Million Voters Registration Drive ." ... Council of Muslim Organizations held an advocacy day in April aimed at connecting Islamic adherents with members of Congress....

If request comes, law ministry will give opinion on prosecution against Zakir Naik: Minister

Edit DNA India 22 Jul 2016

Days after the Home Ministry has set up teams to scan the Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's activities and sought the legal opinion to prosecute him for his controversial comments on terrorism, the law ministry on Thursday said it will examine the issue and give opinion as per the law ... After the Islamic preacher created controversy for his comments ......

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