The Money Jihad blog has a post that isn’t really related to Shariah Finance or directly related to terrorism financing, but it is so important to the overall effort to defund our Jihadi enemies that we decided it needed to be reposted here. Money Jihad basically points out that shale exploration and production here in […]
This issue isn’t strictly related to Shariah-Compliant Finance, but oil is what feeds Shariah Finance, Jihad and terrorism at the end of the day, so when a foreign entity funds a horrible film starring a notoriously anti-American Leftist like Matt Damon, it is worth a closer look. In this case, interests in OPEC, who earn […]
In what can only be described as more proof that Shariah has no place in modern, intelligent society, a Saudi scholar has used convoluted Shariah logic to declare that bio fuel is a sin because it contains alcohol…some things you just have to see to believe… http://www.alarabiya.net/save_print.php?print=1&cont_id=66803&lang=en
Gore’s Dangerous Call for Environmental Civil Disobedience October 18, 2008 – by Gal Luft Pajamas Media As the case of Yasser Arafat shows, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee does not revoke laureates’ prizes even when they go astray, turning from peacemakers to promoters of violence. If that was not the case, members of the committee […]
“To counter the Jihadi lobbies, you need independence from Petro Dollars” London, Mideast Newswirewww.cencentres.com Hat tip-OSINT During his summer lectures-tour in Europe, Terrorism expert Walid Phares discussed his most recent book The Confrontation: Winning the War against Future Jihad at the invitation of the Henry Jackson Society, a London-based Project for “Democratic Geopolitics. ” […]
www.ameinfo.com Capivest energy fund a success MANAMA: Capivest, one of the region’s Islamic investment institutions, has successfully closed its $50 million Alternative Energy Fund targeting a prospective wave of commodities. Alternative Energy is a 100 per cent capital protected fund provided in cooperation with leading international investment bank Goldman Sachs. In […]
GM has been testing its hybrids as taxis in Dubai since January and the results so far have been so encouraging they feel they may be able to replace the emirates’ entire fleet of taxis, government and emergency vehicles by 2012. Despite the heat, sand and humidity on crowded streets, the test fleet has not […]
Sizzling Future Electric Car Market Attracts Middle East Investment Jesse Cogan September 15th 2008 photo courtesy of www.treehugger.com Fisker-Karma EV The hot new ticket for the investment community is electric vehicles, from mass-market hybrids like the Toyota Prius to plug-ins hybrids (PHEVs) like the Volt to pure electric vehicles (EVs) like the Tesla Roadsters. […]
Dubai public transportation to be all hybrid by 2012 Posted Sep 2nd 2008 at 11:42AM by Domenick Yoney http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/September/th GM has been testing its hybrids as taxis in Dubai since January and the results so far have been so encouraging they feel they may be able to replace the emirates’ entire fleet of taxis, government […]
MENAFN) Chakib Khalil, the President of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said that the price of crude oil could fall to $70 to $80 a barrel in the long term, Gulf News reported. Although the market has switched into bearish mode for now, few are expecting it to crash as oil exports remain […]
Say Watt, Senator? By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Energy Policy: Barack Obama wants a million electric cars on the road by 2015. Where’s he going to plug them in? John McCain has the answer — a renewable energy source called nuclear power. READ MORE
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