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Experts Debate Sharia-Compatibility of Cryptocurrencies
April 11, 2018
The Bahrain-based Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions, the leading standard-setting entity for the $2-plus trillion global Islamic finance industry, is seeking agreement on the sharia-compliance/
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OIC Condemns Israel over Recent Gaza Protests
April 11, 2018
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has issued a formal condemnation of Israel's response to Gazan Palestinian protests over Israel's blockade of Gaza, with the Independent Human Rights Commission of the 57-member state global organization that claims to speak for Muslims worldwide calling Israel's Gaza policy a violation of international humanitarian law.
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Turkey's Islamist Civil War Goes Global with Kidnappings Abroad
April 11, 2018
The internecine conflict between Turkey's Islamist regime and the Turkish Islamist movement led by Islamic cleric Fetullah Gulen has gone global, as Ankara is kidnapping and engaging in forced rendition to Turkey of supporters of the Gulenist movement from Eurasia to Africa.
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US Airstrike Kills Islamist Militant Leader in Afghanistan
April 11, 2018
The US military issued a statement confirming the airstrike kill of a senior leader of an Islamic State (IS) cell formerly affiliated with IS radicals in Uzbekistan, in territory in northern Afghanistan under siege between competing Islamic State and Taliban militias.
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Turkish Official: EU Accession Will Combat "Islamophobia"
April 10, 2018
Burak Erdenir of Turkey's delegation to the EU has asserted that the EU's future acceptance of Turkey as a member state of the bloc will make Turkey a bridge between Europe and the Muslim world and will serve as "an antidote to Islamophobia."