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Summit Portends Push to Islamicize African Economy
January 17, 2018
Islamic finance and business experts anticipate that this year's East Africa Islamic Economy Summit in Kenya will launch an expanded effort to make the region the leader in the Islamic digital economy and to center sharia compliant/compatible finance instruments as the main vehicles for the Continent's economic development and wealth generation.
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Authorities Investigate Arson at Two Kosher Stores in France
January 16, 2018
French authorities are investigating what is believed to be an arson attack on two kosher markets in a suburb of Paris, only weeks after they were defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, on the third anniversary of a lethal terror attack by Islamic State followers on a kosher market in another Paris suburb.
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Afreximbank, OIC Expand Islamic Finance Footprint in Africa
January 16, 2018
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has raised an estimated $260 million in sharia-compliant funding to support trade and small-business growth in Africa, with funding coming from affiliate institutions of the Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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IS Defeat Sparks Discussion of New Caliphate
January 16, 2018
The Islamic State's (IS) military defeat and demonstrated violence and excesses have spawned a renewed debate among "caliphate intellectuals" worldwide about the theological foundations and operational parameters of a renewed, improved, ideal caliphate.
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EU Officials Push Companies for "Hate Speech" Progress
January 10, 2018
In a statement on their meeting this week with representatives from internet companies on their efforts to remove from their platforms "illegal content," including "online terrorist propaganda and xenophobic, racist or hate speech," European Commissioners warned that failure to speedily remove such content could result in EU legislation addressing the issue.
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