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Islamic Banks Flourish in Secular Turkey
No Interest Charged in Compliance with Islamic LawBy Steve DorseyIstanbul: Once a negligible sliver of the banking industry, Islamic financial institutions which keep within Islamic Sharia law, are now...
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Is the Islamic finance industry ready for social media?
By Rushdi SiddiquiSocial marketing eliminates the middlemen, providing brands the unique opportunity to have a direct relationship with their customers. — Bryan Weiner.Today, it seems Islamic finance...
View ArticleTehran hosts biggest Qur'anic event in Islamic World
Tehran has hosted the 30th International Qur’an Competitions in recitation and memorization categories. The event has brought together over 110 reciters and memorizers from 75 world countries.At the...
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Muslim and Jewish Leaders Unite to Combat Hatred
Secretary of State John Kerry performed an important public service on May 20 by personally announcing the release of the U.S. State Department's 2012 Report on Religious Freedom, which contains the...
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Can Muslims, Christians, and Jews Reconcile?
By Ralph Lord RoySometimes, in conversation, I hear the question: "Why do they hate us so?" The 'they', of course, refers to radical Islamists who were responsible for 9/11 and various other...
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The exercise of restraint by a devotee
By Tariq A. Al-MaeenaIslam is not simply about being born into the religion, saying one’s prayers five times a day, performing the month of fasting once a year, and ignoring everything else. It is...
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Innovation and invention in modern Muslim world
By Rushdi Siddiqui"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" -- Steve JobsThe Islamic Development Bank, held their 24th Annual Symposium in beautiful Dushanbe, Tajikistan, invited me to...
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Haj pilgrims warned of SARS-like virus
By Amy CorderoyDoctors fear Muslims could be at risk of catching a potentially deadly virus if they take part in the Haj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.Australian researchers will...
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Muslim college carves niche in USA
By Mary Beth MarkleinUntil Zaytuna opened its doors three years ago, American Muslims who wanted to study and grow in their faith mostly had to look overseas for a college education.Berkeley, Calif.:...
View ArticleKey Stress Points in the Arab World
While the world's attention is riveted to Syria's civil war, there are other countries trying to cope with the convulsions of the Arab Spring that began nearly 2 ½ years ago. A look at some stress...
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Pew survey finds Muslim internet users have more favorable view of Western...
Washington: The latest international Pew Research survey released Friday found that Muslim internet-users abroad had a more favorable opinion of Western culture but did not impact their faith.The poll...
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Al-Azhar TV to Promote Islamic Tolerance
“The channel will promote moderate teachings and tolerance of Islam,” Tayyeb saidCairo: Amid rising polarization in Egypt, Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, is planning...
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Strangers in their own land
The world community must hold Myanmar to account for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims who are hunted and killed like animalsBy Aijaz Zaka SyedThe United States says it’s concerned over the growing...
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UP’s Muslim clerics ready to help Pak with polio vaccination
By Surbhi KhyatiLucknow: After the recent killing of a polio vaccinator in Pakistan's Peshawar city that forced WHO to temporarily suspend the vaccination campaign in the city, Rotary International's...
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Finally, Jauhar University gets minority status
By Maulshree SethLucknow: Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, the dream project of SP leader Azam Khan, has been granted the "minority status" by National Commission for Minority Educational...
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Muslim Educational Conference concludes In Mumbai
IMO News ServiceMumbai: The ‘Muslim Educational Conference’, organized by Maulana Azad Vichar Manch, concluded in Mumbai on May 30, 2013. Maulana Azad Vichar Manch is headed by Member of Parliament...
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Muslims must be part of inclusive growth for India to become Super Power:...
By Pervez BariBhopal: The Indian Government’s dream to become super power can never fructify until and unless Muslims are made part and parcel of inclusive growth and equal partners in the country’s...
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Killing of Khalid Mujahid? Who did it and Why?
By Syyed Mansoor AghaHow Khalid Mujahid was killed in police custody? Though the Uttar Pradesh government has hurriedly announced a magisterial probe, an administrative probe and a CBI probe, but it is...
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Common Bond — Islamic finance and clean energy
By Rushdi Siddiqui‘I don’t have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there’s a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don’t inflict harm where...
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Prophetic Parenting
By Tanya AbassiAnas ibn Malik was a young boy when he had the honour of serving the Prophet (peace be upon him) and it is narrated from him that during his ten years of service, never did the Prophet...
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