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Nigeria's Islamist Extremism Threatens Human Rights and Economic Development
July 14, 2014
The abduction and sale of Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamist militant group Boko Haram is both a human rights calamity and, according to global finance experts, a "catastrophe" for the Nigeria's economic development.
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Pakistan's Blasphemy Politics Emboldens Religious Extremism
July 14, 2014
Pakistan's draconian religious blasphemy laws have been used to charge 68 lawyers whose protests against police brutality were met with accusations by a Sunni extremist leader of blasphemy against a 7th-century Sunni leader in Islam.
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Harvard's Islamic Finance Project Hosts OIC Speakers
July 14, 2014
Representatives from the global Organization for Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") met in a forum with global finance and Islamic experts convened under Harvard University's Islamic Finance Project to discuss new models of social welfare based on sharia-compliant/compatible insurance.
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OIC Begins Fact-finding Mission to Central African Republic
July 14, 2014
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), along with representatives from Islamic aid groups from Britain, Turkey, and Qatar, is beginning a week-long fact-finding mission to the Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Chad, as preparation for a comprehensive humanitarian strategy for this region in Africa.
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Calls for Islamic Caliphate Prompt Islamic Competition for Reforms
July 14, 2014
After serving a long prison sentence as a state security threat because of recruiting jihadis to fight with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, Jordan's most well-known jihadi-Salafist leader has condemned the new caliphate declared by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ("ISIS") as illegitimate, challenging the stability of an obviously conflicted Jordan.
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