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IMF Supporting Expansion of Sharia Finance
October 15, 2014
The International Monetary Fund's ("IMF") Interdepartmental Working Group on Islamic Finance met with the External Advisory Group for the first time since its establishment this past summer to begin cooperation aimed at bolstering the globalization of Islamic finance.
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Split Worth Watching Between Islamists of Hamas and Islamic State
October 15, 2014
The leadership of the Palestinian organization Hamas has undertaken a media and diplomatic campaign designed to specify precisely Hamas's rejection of the doctrinal and ideological version of Islamism propounded by the extremist-terrorist group The Islamic State ("IS"), including a rejection of the IS commitment to violent jihad to implement a global sharia state.
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Belgian Islamists Accused of Recruiting for Jihad Begin Trial
October 08, 2014
The trial of members from the Belgian Islamist Group, Sharia4Belgium, has begun, with 46 individuals charged with recruiting for jihadi violence in Syria, as Belgium seeks to staunch the transnational radical Islamist networks operating inside the country.
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Sharia Bonds a Growing Asset Class in Global Finance
October 08, 2014
The expansion of Islamic finance and, more specifically, of sharia-compliant bonds as an asset class is attributable to sovereign and private investors who are seeking out what are perceived as high-yield, low-risk investments in emerging markets, according to financial experts in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Anarchy Prevails in Libya Torn Apart by Islamists, Secularists, Towns, and Tribes
October 08, 2014
Continuing violence in post-Qaddafi Libya has yet to produce an outcome other than political and social anarchy, as militias and paramilitaries aligned with Islamist and secularist groups, tribal and town affiliations, are also looking to foreign patrons for support.
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