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OIC to US: Separate Taliban’s Human Rights Performance from Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
December 21, 2021
In a summit meeting of foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that pledged a special humanitarian aid for Afghanistan to be administered by the OIC’s Islamic Development Bank, called on the United States to decouple humanitarian assistance from the human rights performance of the ruling Islamist Taliban regime, with OIC characterizing the Taliban’s limits in the rights of women and girls as an expression of “differing interpretations of human rights.”
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Indicators Point to Strong Growth in Islamic Finance Supply & Demand in GCC Countries
December 21, 2021
Indicators for sharia compliant/compatible investment and wealth generation instruments are expected to show strong growth in the markets of the Islamic theocratic regimes comprising the member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with market survey data pointing to strongest potential for application of Islamic principles to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards tools and sharia practices to socially responsible investing (SRI).
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SE Europe Faces Islamist Radicalization Threat as Jihadi Families Return to Kosovo
December 20, 2021
According to Balkininsight.com, the jihadist families return to Kosovo from the IS caliphate front in Syria presents a risk that Islamist extremist ideology and actors may be imported into the Southeastern European country, as recent arrests and police activities point to the threats of radicalization and violence.
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Saudi-UAE Summit Signals Continuing Ties Among Islamist Regimes of GCC
December 15, 2021
The summit meetings between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and his counterpart in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are being billed as a new era in the strategic cooperation between the Arabian Gulf’s two largest economies in the run-up to the forthcoming meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
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Sharia Finance Makes Greater Inroads into Competitive European Markets
December 15, 2021
US global credit rating giant Fitch forecast that Luxembourg will remain the European leader In Islamic Mutual Funds Industry (MGI) in the short-to-medium term, signaling the confusing inroads of sharia-compatible/compliant finance in Europe, as Western countries target competitive advantages aimed at capturing market share in the multi-trillion-dollar sharia compatible/compliant global finance industry.
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