By Robin Wigglesworth Published: October 27 2008 18:00 | Last updated: October 27 2008 18:00 As governments in Europe and the US were busy bailing out their banks and attempting to stem the collapse in equity markets, a prominent Islamic cleric saw an opportunity to lambast western-style capitalism. “The collapse of the capitalist system based […]
PARIS: With commercial bank financing tight, Europeans have been taking a closer look at Islamic banking. “The potential is there,” Ahmad Jachi, the first deputy governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, said at a conference this past week in Paris. “It’s a matter of really enabling and creating the market.” Islamic banking has already been integrated […]
Europe Islamic banking to slow on global crisis KUALA LUMPUR: The rise of Europe’s nascent Islamic banking sector will be slowed as paralysed credit markets dampen demand for Sharia bonds and weak property prices hurt the industry, European Islamic Investment Bank said yesterday. A slowing global economy would also weigh on the sector, the […]
a school is Leiser today. www.bbcnews.com With their Muslim populations growing, Europeans are reassessing how well they integrate religious minorities. By Shelley Emling INTERNATIONAL STAFF Sunday, October 12, 2008 LEICESTER, England — It’s just before lunchtime and women in body-covering garments are perusing a medley of markets filled with foods that comply with Islamic law. […]
www.sosnews.com With their Muslim populations growing, Europeans are reassessing how well they integrate religious minorities. By Shelley Emling INTERNATIONAL STAFF Sunday, October 12, 2008 LEICESTER, England — It’s just before lunchtime and women in body-covering garments are perusing a medley of markets filled with foods that comply with Islamic law. The surrounding streets are decorated […]
A poster in Whitechapel reads: “Shariah the only option for the UK” In recent weeks, the European Commission and the UK have made apparent concessions to Islamic law, and with confrontations in Cologne over a proposed mosque, the role of Muslims in a future Europe is again in the spotlight, writes Simon Roughneen for ISN […]
Yesterday, the UK’s Times Online reported that Britain has officially adopted Islamic law by giving power to a network of five sharia courts to rule on Muslim civil cases. These sharia courts will be allowed to rule on such cases as divorce, financial disputes, and domestic violence. Such rulings are enforceable with the full power […]
Viva La France!! http://tinyurl.com/5nymsv The Islamic Finance Summit 2nd Edition October 23rd 2008 – Paris Register for this conference The Islamic Finance Summit combines a high-profile agenda of plenary presentations with case-studies and interactive discussion forum sessions that focus on more specific topics accompanied by special-interest panels and a luncheon. The key topics for discussion […]
Dubai-controlled KOP buys US$250m Stein hotels stakewww.hotels.uk Posted by luxuryasiahome on August 27, 2008 Singapore-based KOP Capital, controlled by the emirate-owned Dubai Group, will buy half of European hotel chain Stein Group for US$250 million, and spend the same amount on new hotels in Asia over the next four years. ‘We have always wanted to acquire […]
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By RUTHIE BLUM http://tundratabloidsextra.blogspot.com/2008/07/bat-yeor-interview.html ‘I always thought I’d be writing novels,” says Bat Ye’or, her wistfulness somehow adding an extra touch of class to her thick French accent. “Not such serious work.” Given the gravity of her subject matter, and what some might consider her alarmist way with words, this is hard to believe. […]
(MENAFN – Khaleej Times) Emirates NBD, National Bank of Oman and three European banks have helped Uralsib Bank, Russia’s biggest privately owned lender, get a loan of $313 million (Dh1.15 billion) from a group of 32 banks for its trade finance business. The money will be lent to industrial companies in Russia, […]
hat tip-Esther-Islam in Europe Muslims in EU Cities Available http://www.eumap.org/topics/minority/reports/eumuslims: background research reports on Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden EUMAP is currently conducting a monitoring project focusing on selected neighbourhoods in eleven cities in the European Union (EU) with significant Muslim populations. The research looks in particular at the way in which […]
Gathafi is opposed to the Mediterranean Union http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/libya/?id=26627 France in Libya talks over Mediterranean Union Senior French envoy’s talks with Libyan leader focus on Mediterranean zone, African and European Unions. TRIPOLI – A senior French envoy held talks with Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi on Thursday over plans for a Mediterranean bloc based on the European […]
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hat tip-Christopher H. EU Approves Sanctions Against Iran’s Largest Bank Monday , June 23, 2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium — European Union nations approved new sanctions against Iran on Monday, including an assets freeze of the country’s biggest bank. The Bank of Melli is suspected of providing services to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and, in […]
http://www.kuna. net.kw/NewsAgenc iesPublicSite/ ArticleDetails. aspx?id=1918233 <http://www.kuna. net.kw/NewsAgenc iesPublicSite/ ArticleDetails. aspx?id=191823 3&Language=en> &Language=en Military and Security 6/19/2008 8:16:00 PM DAMASCUS, June 19 (KUNA) — The third operational meeting of the INTERPOL working group, hosted by the Syrian Interior Ministry here highlighted the need to exchange more terrorism-related information. The two-day meeting which came to a close, […]
Iran not withdrawing funds from Europe: bank head Reuters Wednesday, June 18, 2008; 3:07 AM TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian banks are not moving funds from Europe, the head of a state bank was quoted as saying, contradicting reports that Tehran was withdrawing assets in the face of tightening sanctions over its nuclear program. “Such an […]
06/16/2008 03:07 PM By Ursula Spuler-Stegemann The history of Islam in Germany goes back as far as the 8th century. From the reign of Charlemagne, to Goethe’s literature, to the Turkish guest workers who arrived in the 1950s and 60s and made a home here, the Muslim religion has been a part of German […]
Wednesday, June 11, 2008; Posted: 08:07 AM http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1675708/ Jun 11, 2008 (Al-Bawaba via COMTEX) — GLSRF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Defining the growth drivers for Islamic Finance in EuropeUK Treasury Minister and Gulf Keynote Speakers to address international delegates at London conference Kitty Ussher, Economic Secretary to HM […]
<http://islamineurop e.blogspot. com/2007/ 11/muslim- population- in-european- cit ies.html> The Islam in Europe blog reports on the numbers and percentages of Muslims in many European cities. Here are some of the statistics: Marseilles – 25% (200,000 of 800,000) Malmö – ~25% (67,000 of 270,000 Amsterdam – 24% (180,000 of 750,000) Stockholm – 20% (>155,000 of 771,038) […]
http://www.forward.com/articles/13392/ Congress Seeks To Extend Free-Speech Protections to Libel Cases Overseas By Marc Perelman Thu. May 15, 2008 Article tools An American author who has faced lawsuits for her writings about terrorism financing has sparked a burgeoning legal movement in the United States.
Arcapita buying up Central and Eastern Europe
On May 12, 2008 · In Dhimmitude, Europe, Islam, Islamic Economics, Sharia Compliant, Shariah Finance
Eastern European Logistics Developer 2008-05-11 Al Bawaba Arcapita Bank B.S.C.(c), a leading international investment firm headquartered in Bahrain, today announced that it and its affiliates have completed the acquisition of Pinnacle Real Estate (“Pinnacle”), a leading developer and operator of logistics warehouses in Central and Eastern Europe. The transaction includes an existing portfolio of leased […]
Central and Eastern European Real Estate Fund a hit with investors There was strong interest shown among selected investors invited to subscribe to a new EUR150m Sharia compliant Central and Eastern European Real Estate Fund, which was launched today by Swiss-based Faisal Private Bank, Bahrain-based Shamil Bank and Sharjah Islamic Bank. Bahrain: Sunday, May 11 […]
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=215918&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28 EU presses State funds more than US – Dubai Publish Date: Thursday,1 May, 2008, at 02:51 AM Doha Time Ahmed bin Sulayem DUBAI: Europe is pressuring sovereign wealth funds more than the US and may be discriminatory in enacting new investment rules, said the chairman of Dubai World, an investment group with assets of […]
http://www.iht. com/articles/ 2008/04/28/ europe/politicus .php Europe’s debt to Islam given a skeptical look By John Vinocur Monday, April 28, 2008 When Sylvain Gouguenheim looks at today’s historical vision of the history of the West and Islam, he sees a notion, accepted as fact, that the Muslim world was at the source of the Christian […]
Taghleef Industries acquires Radici Film by Lynne Nolan on Tuesday, 29 April 2008http://www.arabianbusiness.com/517831?tmpl=component&page= UAE-based packaging film manufacturer Taghleef Industries (TI), part of the Al Ghurair group of companies, has announced its merger with Radici Film, a successful European BOPP producer. Dubai-headquartered TI holds 50% equity in Shorko Australia and operates a dedicated warehousing and […]
European stocks driven by energy sector gains Mon Apr 28, 7:16 AM ET Europe’s main stock markets advanced Monday, with the energy sector moving higher on the back of record oil prices and after earlier gains in Asia, dealers said. In late morning trade, London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies rose 0.57 percent to […]
Muslim Martin Luthers: The Theologians Working Towards a Euro-Islam 04/22/2008 05:33 MUSLIM MARTIN LUTHERS The Theologians Working Towards a Euro-Islam By Dieter Bednarz and Daniel Steinvorth Leading Muslim scholars are laying the theological foundations for a “Euro-Islam” which would reconcile their religion with the challenges of modernity. But just how compatible is Islam with secular […]
http://www.brussels journal.com/ node/1609 The Rape of Europe From the desk of Paul Belien on Wed, 2006-10-25 21:57 The German author Henryk M. Broder recently told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant (12 October) that young Europeans who love freedom, better emigrate. Europe as we know it will no longer exist 20 years from now. Whilst sitting […]
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