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Malaysia Considers Sharia Securities Fund
January 16, 2017
Malaysia's Securities Commission is considering the launch of a government-seeded sharia securities fund aimed to offer multi-currency sharia investment products that would help to grow the country's already-leading role in the $2 trillion global Islamic wealth and finance market.
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OIC, UNESCO Explore Future Partnership
January 11, 2017
At a recent meeting with the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova pushed for bolstered cooperation between UNESCO and the OIC to reduce global "conflict, intolerance, and hatred – often fueled by misconceptions and ignorance" of Islam.
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ICRC Event in Pakistan Promotes Islamic Law of War
January 04, 2017
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently partnered with the Islamic Research Institute, a think tank of the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan, to host a course in which participants sought to meld international humanitarian law and Islamic law into a single "Islamic code of conduct" for actions during wartime.
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IS Attack in Turkey Reveals NATO Ally's Vulnerabilities
January 03, 2017
The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the recent terror attack in an Istanbul nightclub, underscoring the threat posed by Islamist jihadist groups to NATO-member Turkey, whose Islamist government is now facing blowback as "protectors of the cross" despite pursuing a policy of supporting IS fighters in the war against the Syrian regime.
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UN Agents Praise End to US Visitor Registry
January 03, 2017
Two UN human rights mandate holders have praised the Obama Administration for dismantling the US National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), which required visitors from countries considered at risk for terrorism to complete special registration procedures, arguing that the program discriminated on the basis of race and religion under international human rights law.
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