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Indonesia Forms Sharia Finance Committee
August 07, 2017
Indonesia's President has announced the formation of a National Committee for Sharia Finance as a key policy step toward making the country, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, a global hub for sharia-compliant/compatible finance, banking and retail products, and tourism.
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Iranian President Deals Blow to Reformist Supporters
August 04, 2017
President Hassan Rouhani has dealt a wake-up call to Iranian voters who supported him in his second-term election as a reformist compared to the country's hardline Islamic theocratic forces with his announcement of the exclusion of women and young politicians from his cabinet.
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Egyptian Fatwa Kiosks Draw Criticism
August 04, 2017
Egypt's highest Islamic body, al-Azhar al-Sharif, is aiming to counter radical Islamist ideas by quick religious opinions offered in "fatwa kiosks" opened at Cairo metro station stops, a move experts are criticizing as a cosmetic, superficial response to the country's serious problems with Islamist violence and extremist ideology.
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Islamist Groups Continue to Condone "Revenge Rape" in Pakistan
August 04, 2017
Despite the arrest of a man for yet another episode of "revenge rape" in Pakistan, the widespread practice of raping girls and women to "protect family honor" continues to enjoy the support of the country's leading Islamist parties and organizations, which have opposed efforts by politicians to criminalize the act.
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OIC Pushes UN Security Council on Al-Aqsa Mosque
August 04, 2017
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is marshaling its 57 member-states to pressure the UN Security Council to provide protection to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the face of "Israeli abuses" against the third-holiest religious site for the worldwide community of Muslims for which the OIC charter claims to represent.
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