Fund Converts to Shariah-Compliance and Illustrates the “Purification” Process

On March 21, 2014 · In Islamic charities, Islamic Finance, purification, Sharia Compliant, Shariah Finance

An investment fund called the Mashreq Arab Tigers Fund has announced that it will convert to becoming a Shariah-compliant fund and change its name to the Mashreq-Al-Islami Arab Tigers Fund. This isn’t particularly newsworthy, but the article linked below affords us a teaching moment. That’s because the operators of the fund recognize ahead of time that, in […]

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Shariah Finance Watch editor briefs Congressional staffers on Shariah-Compliant Finance

On June 8, 2012 · In "Ethical Investment", AIG, Al Qaeda, Amana Funds, Center for Security Policy, Creeping Shariah, Da'Wah, Dow Jones, Dow Jones Islamic Market, Elena Kagan, Hamas, HARVARD, Hezbollah, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Holy Land Foundation, HSBC, Interest, Investors Business Daily, Iran, Islam, Islamic Banking, Islamic charities, Islamic Economics, Islamic Finance, Islamic Law, Islamization, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Malaysia, Money Laundering, murabaha, MURAHABA, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama, OIC, purification, Qaradawi, Qatar, Regulation, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Compliant, Shariah Banking, Shariah Finance, Shariah in Academia, Shariah insurance, Shariah Law, Shariah Mortgage, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Sudan, Takaful, Taliban, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, The Banker, U.S. Policymakers, UAE, United Kingdom, USA, Usmani, Usury, VIDEOS, Wahhabism, Zakat

Recently we had the opportunity to brief staff members from 10 Congressional offices on the threat of Shariah Finance. The briefing was recorded and we have posted the full 1-hour briefing here for SFW viewers… Shariah Compliant Finance and Financial Jihad

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Shariah-Compliant Finance Too Dependent on A Few Scholars; Real Possibility of Racketeering in Support of Terrorism

On April 6, 2012 · In HALAL, Islamic charities, Islamic Finance, purification, Qaradawi, Shariah Boards, Shariah Councils, Shariah Finance, Terror Funding, Zakat

The article linked below is pro-Shariah Finance, but it brings up a good point. It doesn’t get to that point until the second half of the article, but it does eventually get to an interesting point. The article points out that the Shariah Finance industry is overly dependent on a few Shariah scholars, which is […]

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