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What American Muslims Went Through Post 9/11

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The 9/11 attacks brought American Muslims under a heavy spotlight. Right from the next day, Muslims were being suspiciously stared at. For 20 years the tragedy of that day has transformed American Muslim life, in deep and conflicting ways. The alleged terrorist attacks unleashed a deluge of anti-Muslim hate and misinformation that persists today. Strangers…...

Oct 2021 Issue: Muslims in America after 9/11

The 9/11 attacks brought American Muslims under a heavy spotlight. Right from the next day, Muslims were being suspiciously stared at. For 20 years the tragedy of that day has transformed American Muslim life, in deep and conflicting ways. The alleged terrorist attacks unleashed a deluge of anti-Muslim hate and misinformation that persists today. Strangers…...

Turkey To Triple Market Share Of Islamic Finance

Turkey to triple market share of Islamic finance

TURKEY is committed to tripling the market share of Islamic finance, bringing it up to 15 percent by 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said. Speaking at a conference at the Gaziantep-based Hasan Kalyoncu University, Şimşek said the Islamic finance market had been growing swiftly in Turkey and that the government aimed to further…...

Experts restore rare manuscripts in Yemen

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The pictures show experts repairing manuscripts at a government-run restoration centre in Sana’a recently. The centre, which was established in Yemen in 1980, has about 16,000 manuscripts and 20,000 parchments of the Quran dating back to 622-719 CE…....

Many Non-Muslims Learning Islamic Finance

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DUBAI: Jeroen Tap, an energy contracts manager for the Benelux region at Dow Chemicals, acknowledges that he is among the “less obvious” students to enrol on an Islamic finance course as part of his self-funded executive MBA at London Business School…....

Dubai: Global halal food standards must be consistent

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Dubai: Halal food sector across the globe will need to be integrated through uniform standards. This was endorsed by food experts at the 9th Dubai International Food safety conference on Tuesday. “The halal food sector is poised for significant growth over the next five years. Current estimates suggest that the global halal food segment is…...