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Dubai Competes to Challenge Malaysia as Global Islamic Finance Capital
August 06, 2014
As the global Islamic finance industry continues to experience robust growth, Dubai continues to pursue an aggressive competitive strategy to supersede Malaysia as the world's leading hub for sharia-compliant/compatible finance.
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Arab Gulf States Still at Odds over Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist Violence
August 06, 2014
Despite recent signals that Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar are interested in repairing this past Spring's formal diplomatic rupture within the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”) over counter-terrorism and security strategy, the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) continues to balk at Qatar's support for the Muslim Brotherhood, which Abu Dhabi views as tacit support for Islamist violence and a deal-breaker for efforts to advance GCC integration.
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China Prohibitions on Muslim Religious Dress Draw Criticism from Rights Supporters
August 06, 2014
The Chinese government announced that strict limitations on Muslim religious dress, including prohibitions on bearded men and veiled women on public buses, was aimed to prevent the radicalization of China's sizable Uighur-Muslim minority, but Uighur human-rights groups criticized the new measures as discrimination against Muslims.
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Islamic State Moves to Control Oil and Water Resources May Heal Iraqi-Kurdish Rift
August 06, 2014
The jihadi leadership of the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS) has moved aggressively to capture control over income-generating oil and water resources in the areas around the key Iraqi city of Mosul, creating the possibility for a rapprochement between Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government in order to face the security threat from the militant Islamist caliphate.
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China Accuses Militant Islamists of Murdering Pro-Government Imam
August 04, 2014
Suggesting the growing radicalization and fragmentation of China's sizable Uighur Muslim minority population centered in Xinjiang Province, three Uighur militants have been accused of murdering China's leading pro-government imam and leader of the country's largest mosque.
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