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INCEIF awarded “Best Islamic Finance Education Service Provider

INCEIF was recognised as the “Best Islamic Finance education service provider in 2011″ at the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA), initiated by Oman Islamic Economic Forum (OEIF) on 17 Dec.

Malaysia: UAE business women look at opportunities in Islamic Finance and Halal food

UAE offered huge opportunities for Malaysians in many areas included leisure, hotel, sports, property, healthcare and education.

Meet the Futurists: the new Muslim consumer

They believe in an Islam that is flexible, that allows them to find their own path, balancing their sense of self within the realms of the Ummah or society.

Time For Regulation~America’s Halal Industry

Is it time for America to step up its game and become a leading player in the Halal industry? And if so, what would it take?

Noor Vitamins: A New Dawn for Healthcare Consumers

Frustrated, after reading ingredient labels on numerous children’s chewable vitamins, we put them back on the store shelf and walk away. Finding vitamins without
gelatin is akin to the search for the Holy Grail.

Saaf Skincare: A Marriage Between Safe Science & Nature

In Mah Hussain-Gambles’ world, science does not have to be exclusively technical nor industrial, it is pure and ethical. As a trained pharmaceutical chemist, she drew on this reasoning to launch Saaf Pure
Skincare

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    Guide to Islamic Banking

    Guide to Islamic Banking, by Dr. Imran Usmani, is a comprehensive publication which enables the reader to understand what Islamic Banking is and how it works. The publication covers all Islamic Banking modes, methods, related Islamic Shariah concepts and includes a complete Glossary on Islamic Banking terminology.

  • Global Calls for Economic Justice: the potential of Islamic finance

    Global Calls for Economic Justice: the potential of Islamic finance

    It is felt that conventional financial systems have failed and should be replaced, or supplemented, by more ethical banking and socially responsible finance. Can Islamic Finance, as a system with a strong religious background and moral framework, satisfy this hope?

  • OSK-UOB Islamic Fund Management signs with IdealRatings as their Shariah screening provider

    OSK-UOB Islamic Fund Management signs with IdealRatings as their Shariah screening provider

    “IdealRatings, did an outstanding job screening companies with their one of a kind research methodology along with their comprehensive Shariah fund management solution. We feel confident relying on IdealRatings to provide us with top quality Shariah screening data for our Global Halal Food Fund and also for the other unique funds we will be offering as part of our portfolio in the future” said Mohamed Noor.

  • CASE-STUDY WAQF-SHARES: FINANCING THROUGH MOVABLE WAQF

    CASE-STUDY WAQF-SHARES: FINANCING THROUGH MOVABLE WAQF

    The current practice of waqf-shares in the different Muslim and Muslim minority countries is good evidence of the continuation of the remarkable role of the institution of waqf from the time of the Prophet (pbuh) until today.

  • Worst Performing MENA Stocks

    Worst Performing MENA Stocks

    The Middle East North Africa markets lost more than USD100-billion in 2011, according to Zawya’s market analysis tool.

  • Saaf Pure Skincare expanding with wider range of products

    Saaf Pure Skincare expanding with wider range of products

    Dr Mah Hussain-Gambles, Saaf has developed into an effective and ethical face and body care range that utilizes organic botanicals and essential oils with added natural vitamin E. The Saaf product range is Halal certified.

  • Goldman Sachs Sukuk Row May Dent Industry Lure: Islamic Finance

    Goldman Sachs Sukuk Row May Dent Industry Lure: Islamic Finance

    On the one hand the Islamic finance industry encourages issuers to use structures as debt instruments “in clear contradiction of one of the most prominent facets of our industry — the prohibition of Riba” or interest, he said in an e-mailed response to questions Dec. 15. “Then on the other hand we disagree with how some entities use this product, because it is not ‘right’ or ‘good’, according to a definition of those words I am not familiar with.

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