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Image caption, Torsa can be reached by crossing a small channel from neighbouring island Luing45 minutes agoA controversial Islamic preacher is not in talks to buy a Scottish island, the estate agents have confirmed. Sheikh Yasser al-Habib was reportedly planning to buy Torsa in Argyll to make his own Sharia law-based Islamic “homeland”. His organisation launched a £3.5m fundraiser earlier this year using videos thought to have been taken at a viewing after the island went on the market last autumn.Torsa is a trio of connected islands – Torsa, Torsa Beag and Eilean na h-Eaglaise- in the Slate Islands, an…

Economy moved towards stability in FY2024 with decreasing inflation, surplus in primary fiscal account, monthly economic outlook says Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb addressing Pakistan Banks Associations Executive Committee at Islamic Chamber of Commerce on July 30, 2024. —APPThe Ministry of Finance has forecast July inflation to fall between 12% and 13%, with further cooling in August to 11% to 12%, and expressed optimism about reaching single-digit rates in the future, according to its monthly economic outlook released on Tuesday.”Economy moved towards stability in FY2024 with decreasing inflation, a surplus in the primary fiscal account (Jul-May),…

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Vice President Ma’ruf Amin announced that the National Committee for Sharia Economy and Finance (KNEKS) is collaborating with ministries and agencies to formulate a national strategy to boost Islamic financial literacy and inclusion.”This strategy is expected to serve as the main guideline for all stakeholders in developing Islamic financial literacy and inclusion in our country,” he said during the Nusantara Sharia Economic Forum 2024 on Tuesday.In his speech, Amin also emphasized the importance of central and regional stakeholders working together to increase the contribution of the Islamic economy and finance to the national economy.He underlined that…

The Newport Islamic Society for Wales was invited to attend and perform at the Brecon Choir Festival on Thursday, July 18, where a member of the community was invited to present the ‘Armed Man’ concept by Sir Karl Jenkins at Brecon Cathedral. Punch Maughan, a director of Brecon Choir Festival, said they were “really pleased” to welcome members of the Newport Islamic Society for Wales at the mass for peace. Members of the Islamic Society for Wales took a photo with organisers of the Brecon Choir Festival (Image: Newport Islamic Society for Wales) Ms Maughan, 61, added: “It was a dramatic…

More than 60 percent of the study’s participants believed women were at risk in relation to Islamophobia. (file image) Photo: Unsplash / Mihai Surdu Over 85 percent of Muslims living in Aotearoa believe Islamophobia exists in this country, and more than half have experienced discrimination, according to the first baseline study of Muslims in New Zealand. The study was conducted in 2023 by researchers from Massey University and funded by the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand and the New Zealand Islamic Think Tank. It followed several discussions between government and Muslim organisations following the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks.…

This news has been read 98 times! The Khorasan Group, associated with ISIS, chose the name “Khorasan” due to the historical significance and symbolic value of the region. Khorasan, which historically encompasses parts of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, was an important center of Islamic scholarship and culture during the early Islamic period. Ahmed-Al-Sarraf By adopting this name, the group seeks to evoke the glory and influence of the historical region, leveraging its renowned legacy to bolster their ideological narrative and recruitment efforts. The origins of many early Islamic scholars and jurists from the Khorasan region reflect the historical…

Internet connectivity in Bangladesh will face partial disruptions for 12 hours today due to the maintenance of a submarine cable. That comes on top of the country’s already slow internet speed.   From 6 am to 6 pm, a consortium has scheduled maintenance for a land cable fault near the Tuas landing station of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) submarine cable system in Singapore, said Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC (BSCPLC) in a press release. During this period, services on the circuits connected from Cox’s Bazar to Singapore via SMW4 will be temporarily disrupted. The 1st submarine cable had undergone similar maintenance works on July 13. The announcement comes a couple…

(Ottawa) A Federal Court decision has suspended the application of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s guidelines regarding the ritual slaughter of animals. Updated yesterday at 10:48 p.m. Anja KaradeglijaThe Canadian Press The decision says there are serious questions about whether the guidelines are unreasonable and infringe on Charter rights to equality and freedom of religion. A group of agencies that certify kosher meat sued the government earlier this month seeking an injunction. It argued that meeting the criteria was seriously slowing production to the point that slaughterhouses were no longer willing to provide the service and reducing access to kosher…

TEHRAN-The 20th edition of the Tehran-Mobarak International Puppet Festival is scheduled to take place in the Iranian capital from December 16 to 23, the organizers have announced.The festival has issued a call for submissions for its upcoming edition, unveiling new sections and a competitive format, ISNA reported on Monday. The festival will be organized in collaboration with the Performing Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Iranian Association of Performing Arts. The event will feature a variety of sections, including stage performances, outdoor shows, international theater, inclusive performances, playwriting, a 100-second (virtual space) segment, along…

Last month, the Tajik parliament approved a law banning “alien clothing” that appears to mainly target the hijab and other traditional items of Islamic attire. Though the authorities claim the ban aims to safeguard “national values” and combat “extremism,” many see it as part of a decades-long struggle to define Tajik identity and stamp out political Islam as an opposition force in this Muslim-majority country. And as past attempts to restrict Islamic clothing have shown, women and girls will be most likely to suffer the consequences. Researcher Niginakhon Saida and freelance journalist Sher Khashimov report for The Beet.This story first appeared in The Beet, a…

PUTRAJAYA, July 28 (Bernama) — Russia, as the current chair of BRICS today, gave assurance to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that the country would extend its support to Malaysia’s aspiration to join the  intergovernmental organisation. The Malaysian Foreign Ministry in a statement said the assurance was conveyed to Anwar during courtesy call by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov at the Seri Perdana on Sunday. Lavrov was on a two-day working visit to Malaysia beginning Saturday.  During the meeting, Anwar and Lavrov discussed the long-standing bilateral ties between Malaysia and Russia, the statement added. Earlier today, Bernama reported the Prime Minister as saying that Malaysia has sent an application…

This news has been read 104 times! Kuwait City, July 28: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) kicked off the 3rd edition of Leadership Excellence (BLE) Program in partnership with Headspring, the joint venture between IE Business School and the Financial Times, to support the learning and growth journey of KFH’s leaders. In his speech during the opening ceremony of the program, KFH Group Chief Human Resources and Transformation Officer, Zeyad Abdullah AlOmar, said “It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all today as we gather to inaugurate the Building Leadership Excellence Program in partnership with Headspring. This annual advanced…

  In recent years, there have been attempts in the country to marginalize Muslims and discrimination against followers of Islam has grown.  This is according to an article by Durdana Najam, which is as follows: A concerted effort is underway to marginalize Muslims in India. The practice of marginalizing a community often begins by belittling its social existence and later projecting it as a danger to humanity — either based on their religious practices, as is happening with Muslims, or on the basis of racism, as occurred with Blacks. Since the BJP, an ultra-right-wing Hindu nationalist political party, took over…

Sun 28 Jul 2024 | 03:29 PM Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) H.E. the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, highlighted that the 46th Session of the Islamic Commission for Economic, Cultural and Social Affairs (ICECS), takes place amid rising global conflicts and economic downturns.He added that the OIC is working closely with its Member States and institutions to organize joint cultural events and encourage the holding of multidisciplinary festivals to foster the values of mutual cooperation and shed light on cultural diversity in the Muslim world. The Secretary-General delivered these statements at the…

Lucknow: A woman from Delhi has claimed that the land earmarked for the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya after the Supreme Court order in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case belongs to her family, and she will move the apex court to get its possession.However, Rani Punjabi’s claims were denied by Zufar Farooqui, who is the head of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation Trust which has been formed for the construction of the mosque, saying her claims were already rejected by the Allahabad High Court in 2021.Farooqui, who is also the chairperson of the Sunni Central Waqf Board, said work on…

TEHRAN – Iran is the top country among Islamic nations for the number of publications in water science and technology, the head of the Islamic World Science Citation (ISC) Institute has said.Based on the data released by the Web of Science database, in many fields of water technology, including multi-stage flash distillation, multi-effect distillation, steam compression distillation, reverse osmosis or reverse permeability, and membrane distillation, the country has taken first place among the leading Islamic countries, IRNA quoted Ahmad Fazelzadeh as saying. In terms of the number of scientific documents published in the Web of Science, the United States and…

Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator, has successfully secured the largest private sector syndicated credit facility, totaling up to PKR 75 billion. The banking consortium was led by The Bank of Punjab (BoP), and this 10-year financing arrangement will significantly support Jazz’s ongoing 4G network expansion and technological upgrades while supporting its new ServiceCo model. The signing ceremony, held at a local hotel in Karachi, was graced by Mr. Kaan Terzioğlu, VEON Group CEO, Mr. Aamir Ibrahim, CEO of Jazz, and the Presidents of participating banks along with their representatives. The consortium includes prominent financial institutions acting as mandated lead advisors…

Indonesia’s Vice President Ma’ruf Amin on Friday called upon Southeast Asian da’is, or Islamic preachers, to continue spreading Islamic teachings to prevent Muslims from becoming a weak and marginalized community.”We cannot afford to let Muslims become a weak, marginalized group. We should not leave our fellow Muslims in a weak state. Keep this in mind when engaging in Dawah (preaching),” he told the participants of the International Conference for Southeast Asian Da’is here.To strengthen Muslim dignity, he said, da’is should work to guide believers away from any thoughts and conducts that are at odds with Islamic teachings and God’s orders.”It…

Every Western leftist’s favorite jihad group, Hamas, released a video a few days before the Olympics opened, vowing that there would soon be “rivers of blood flowing through the streets of Paris.”  French police recently arrested two would-be Islamic State (ISIS) jihad suicide bombers who were planning to target the Olympics. The Islamic State also called upon Muslims to carry out drone strikes on the Eiffel Tower during the Olympics. After all that, the Olympics Opening Ceremony featured full-scale, open mockery not of Islam (of course!), but of the religion leftists love to hate: Christianity. …

Dr. Refaat Alareer was a good friend of mine. A poet, writer, and prominent activist for the Palestinian cause, Refaat taught English literature and poetry for many years at the Islamic University of Gaza. He loved the works of Shakespeare, Thomas White, John Donne, Wilfred Owen, and many others, and he was the editor of two books: “Gaza Unsilenced“ and “Gaza Writes Back.” Refaat is one of at least 105 Palestinian academics killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s war, according to the Palestinian Education Ministry’s latest statistics. His home institution, the Islamic University, has been completely demolished by…

Hope for cash-strapped Pakistan as China and Saudi Arabia are expected to roll over $9 billion in loans to Asian nation for fiscal year 2024-25 as the country is witnessing economic revival. Economic Affairs Division (EAD) informed National Assembly Standing Committee on Economic Affairs that Islamabad will get a roll over $9 billion in loans from China and Saudi Arabia, as the country faces total repayments exceeding $20.8 billion this fiscal year. Economic Affairs Division further anticipates receiving $500 million from Islamic Development Bank for oil and commodity loans. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is however unwilling to provide another oil…

Halal Certification is becoming increasingly pervasive, affecting various sectors from FMCG and pharmaceutical industry. From hospitals to housing, this system showcases the depth of religious insensitivity in Bharat. Halal is a pre-Islamic Arabic word that denotes permissibility. Its counter is the Arabic word Haram, which implies forbidden. Islam adopted this Halal-Haram concept as religious permission to use or consume. Today, this concept of Halal has found its way into Bharat’s secular economy, creating a parallel economy that challenges the GDP of several nations. Critics raise concerns about how the unregulated Halal Certification system can be involved in terror funding, necessitating…

As we step into 2025, it’s essential to mark our calendars with key dates, holidays, and observances that shape our year. This guide will help you stay on top of significant events throughout 2025, ensuring you never miss a moment of celebration, reflection, or remembrance. The Gregorian Calendar is the most widely adopted calendar system globally. It serves as the primary calendar for civil and administrative purposes in most countries. The introduction of the Gregorian Calendar was a significant improvement in timekeeping, allowing for more accurate alignment with the Earth’s revolutions around the Sun and providing a reliable structure…

ORIGINAL RESEARCH article Front. Environ. Sci. Sec. Big Data, AI, and the Environment Volume 12 – 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1429410 Provisionally accepted 1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Delta University for Science and Technology, Mansoura, Egypt 3 Department of Communications and Electronics, Delta Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mansoura, Egypt The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Notify me You have multiple emails registered with Frontiers: Please enter your email address: If you already have an account, please…

 Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (“ADCB” or “the Group”) is expanding its strategic presence in Central Asia – a US$1.751 trillion economy – by establishing a hub in Kazakhstan for its sophisticated Shari’ah compliant corporate banking services. By deploying its expertise and extensive network, ADCB will support the growth ambitions of companies participating in Central Asia’s rapid economic development — a region propelled by large-scale infrastructure projects, increasing domestic and foreign investment, abundant natural resources, and a youthful, skilled workforce. The ADCB Group’s subsidiary in Kazakhstan, which is currently known as ‘Al Hilal Islamic Bank JSC’, will be rebranded to…