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OSCE Chief Calls on Muslim Communities to Stand Against Anti-Semitism in Europe
May 29, 2015
The Personal Representative of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe ("OSCE") Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism called on Muslim communities and leaders gathered in Azerbaijan at the Third World Forum on Intercultural Dialogues to take a more vigorous stand against anti-Semitism in Europe.
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OIC Foreign Ministers Discuss Islamic Sectarianism as Threat to Muslim Unity
May 28, 2015
The Foreign Ministers of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia took the lead in focusing the opening session of the 42nd annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") on possible OIC responses to Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence, calling for the organization's member-states to counter "sectarian terrorism and fanaticism as the most dangerous threat to the Islamic nation," in a reference to the OIC's mandate to protect the interests of the "global Muslim community," or umma.
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Boko Haram Forcibly Conscripting Girls for Islamist Suicide Bombings
May 28, 2015
Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist extremist group waging low-level war to bring sharia law to Nigeria and surrounding African states, is increasing its forcible conscription of young girls to carry out jihadi suicide bombings, with security analysts indicating that Boko Haram's notorious mass kidnapping last year of Nigerian schoolgirls is also a mechanism for brainwashing and militarization of child jihadis.
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Muslim Groups Push Back Against Egyptian President's Call for Religious Tolerance
May 27, 2015
Months after Egypt's President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, made a public statement calling on Egypt's Muslims to undertake "a religious revolution against extremism" and to support reform within Islam, the country's diverse array of Islamic groups has inverted the messages of pluralism and tolerance in the speech, instead making it a clarion call for sectarian chauvinism, Islamic literalism, and Islamist nationalism.
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Risks in Islamic Finance Continue to Concern IMF
May 27, 2015
Although recognizing the comparative advantages of Islamic finance in terms of strong risk management, cultural appeal, and job creation, the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") continues to explore effective mechanisms to improve the lack of standards harmonization and regulatory transparency which continue to present serious risks in the $1.8 trillion global marketplace for sharia-compliant/compatible finance.
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