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World Islamic Economic Forum Becoming Global Platform for Islamic Competitor to Davos
November 06, 2014
The 10th World Islamic Economic Forum ("WIEF"), meeting in the United Arab Emirates, was touted by the WIEF's growing success as a platform for "Muslim nations" to influence global economic developments and as an alternative to the renowned Davos World Economic Forum.
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OIC Viewed on Par with UN as Source of Disaster Relief in Kashmir
November 05, 2014
Civil society actors in Kashmir have appealed to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”), in tandem with the United Nations (“UN”), to send their Secretary Generals to visit Kashmir to determine humanitarian aid and disaster relief needs following recent flooding in the region.
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Globalization of Sharia Finance Reflected in Luxembourg Participation in World Islamic Economic Forum
November 05, 2014
The growing global clout of sharia financial services and products was on full display at the World Islamic Economic Forum (“WIEF”) held last week in the United Arab Emirates, as Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Finance Minister participated by signing new memoranda of understanding designed to expand the country's position as a European leader in the market for Islamic sovereign debt instruments.
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Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws Generate Mob Violence in Name of Islam
November 05, 2014
A Christian couple in Pakistan was beaten and burned to death by a Muslim mob who accused the couple of Koran desecration, yet another incident reflecting the climate of extreme societal impunity generated by the country's Islamist blasphemy laws.
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Violent Islamist Groups Squeezing out Non-Extremist Forces in Syria
November 05, 2014
Violent Islamism, led by The Islamic State (“IS”) along with Free Syrian Army defections to Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, is crowding out any non-extremist alternative to the al-Assad regime in Syria.
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