Turkey’s economy expanded at a faster pace than most peers in the third quarter, but soaring inflation and a slump in the lira triggered by central bank interest-rate cuts pose a threat to incomes and longer-term growth. Data show the $765 billion economy beat most Group of 20 nations to grow an annual 7.4%. Gross…...
THE Islamic lending arm of Turkey’s state-run Vakifbank has applied to sell 500 million lira ($127.4 million) worth of Islamic bonds, or sukuk, according to a regulatory filing…....
A sleepy little town in Turkey on a hot plain near the Syrian border, Kilis, has embraced refugees from across the border and the changes they have brought with them. Over the past decade, 3.6 million Syrians have settled in Turkey, and the population of Kilis has doubled in size, to about 200,000 people. President Recep…...
How a Turkish town became an example for harmony among natives and refugees A sleepy little town in Turkey on a hot plain near the Syrian border, Kilis, has embraced refugees from across the border and the changes they have brought with them. Over the past decade, 3.6 million Syrians have settled in Turkey, and the…...
STARTUP WEEKEND GAZA 4, June 19-21, was the fourth and largest SW held in Gaza. Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. The first Startup Weekend in Gaza was launched by Google, SADAF Technologies, Mercy Corps,…...
Subhan Allah, one of the most amazing aspects of Allah’s creation is the incredible level of detail in His artistry. As if the creation we see with our limited senses wasn’t enough to spellbound us, we are left gaping in awe when we zoom in or out of our normal vision. We can only imagine…...
Farhan Ali (President of the MSA) leading the prayer HUNDREDS of students at Michigan University formed a circle around their Muslim classmates so they could pray safely after a woman wearing a headscarf was threatened. According to Ann Arbor police, a man ordered the woman to remove her headscarf and said he would set her…...
Abdullah married the daughter of his teacher, the great scholar and tabi’ee Sa’eed ibn al-Musayyab. [Sa’eed himself was the son-in-law of Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه] The very next day of his marriage, Abdullah was putting his cloak to go out, when his new bride asked him: “Where are you going?”…...
Question: What is the ruling regarding the one who did not make up the missed fasts of Ramadan until next Ramadan started, without any valid reason?…...
Evermos’ founding team (l to r): Arip Tirta, Ghufron Mustaqim, Iqbal Muslimin and Ilham Taufiq. Image Credits: Evermos Evermos is an Indonesian social commerce startup with two goals: to let people earn extra income by opening online stores without spending capital and to help small brands grow into household names. The company, which focuses on…...