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1. Demand for qualified Islamic Finance Professionals is Growing Rapidly Across the Globe, says AIMS
May 15, 2017

Good news for those who want to start a career in Islamic finance and become Islamic finance professionals! The demand for qualified Islamic finance professionals has been growing rapidly across the globe. According to an estimate, the demand for those possessing knowledge of Islamic finance will touch the magic figure of 1 million by 2020. In fact, even educational institutions in non-Muslims are keen to pursue Islamic finance courses for taking up this profession. A well known institute, Academy for International Modern Studies (AIMS), a recognized UK based institute for online MBA, dip... (read more)

Author: John Doe

2. Future Mega Events, such as the 2020 World Expo and the 2022 Football World Cup are Expected to be
April 18, 2017

Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca; a holy city of Muslims attracts millions of pilgrims every year. In 2013, Saudi Arabia government installed 1,700 CCTV cameras to monitor the crowd during this 5 day event. There was high demand for quality apartments in Riyadh due to rising expatriates in the city and new apartments are fitted with state of art security surveillance, and fire protection system along with intrusion alerts system to increase the rent seeking capacity of the buildings during 2011. Jeddah, Riyadh and the adjoining areas was the most important market for electroni... (read more)

Author: Ankur Gupta

3. The untold truth about Islamic trading accounts in forex
April 04, 2017

Expecting something more than the profit is haram i.e. forbidden in Islam. The Riba-free accounts are accommodated for the Muslims. The Muslims should not pay or receive interest while trading the Forex market. The Islamic faith is being respected by the Forex market and the riba-free accounts are introduced. The interest will be charged if the position is left open overnight. The major factor you should understand in the Forex market is that you cannot trade the market without being intelligent. But more than being intelligent you should be disciplined in the market. As Muslims being discipli... (read more)

Author: Andrew Bezen

4. HRW: Myanmar Military Burned Hundreds of Rohingya Buildings
December 13, 2016

The government and military of Myanmar are responsible for burning down hundreds of buildings in the Rakhine State during the past three months as retribution for militant attacks on security forces, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. Since October 9, government forces are responsible for burning down at least 1,500 buildings, in some cases torching entire villages and forcing thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from their homes. Human Rights Watch Asia director Brad Adams...... (read more)

5. Rohingya-laden Boat Capsizes Near Bangladesh, 29 Missing
December 05, 2016

A boat packed with 35 Rohingya Muslims, who were fleeing violence in Myanmar and were aiming to sneak into Bangladesh, capsized on a river leaving at least 29 people, mostly women and children, missing. Several sources, including some fishermen and a survivor of the accident, reported that the boat capsized because it was loaded beyond its capacity. After sailing out of Maungdaw township in Myanmar, the boat capsized during the early hours of Monday on the Naf River, which flows along...... (read more)

6. Prosecutors: Bosnian Serb Commander Mladic Central to Srebrenica Genocide
December 05, 2016

Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was a central figure in the 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslims from Srebrenica, prosecutors told judges at his genocide trial on Monday. Prosecutors were making their closing arguments in Mladic's trial, the last major war crimes case at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which is winding down after more than 20 years prosecuting the ethnic warfare that accompanied the 1990s collapse of...... (read more)

7. Thousands Rally in Indonesia for Tolerance After Blasphemy Protests
December 03, 2016

Tens of thousands of Indonesians rallied Sunday in the center of the capital Jakarta, calling for tolerance and unity after massive protests by conservative Muslims against the city’s minority Christian governor. The crowds filled a major traffic circle in the heart of the city and sprawled into its main thoroughfares. The demonstrators waved “We Are Indonesia” signs and a giant red-and-white national flag was held aloft by hundreds of people. Rallies rock capital The capital of...... (read more)

8. US Fears Heavy Myanmar Hand Could Radicalize Minority Muslims
December 03, 2016

It’s a scene straight out of Myanmar’s dark past: a military offensive waged beyond world view that forces ethnic minority villagers from the smoldering ruins of their homes. The U.S. government, a key sponsor of Myanmar’s democratic transition, says a security crackdown that has displaced tens of thousands Rohingya Muslims and left an unknown number dead risks radicalizing a downtrodden people and stoking religious tensions in Southeast Asia.   The military moved in after...... (read more)

9. Thousands Join Blasphemy Protest in Indonesian Capital
December 01, 2016

Tens of thousands of conservative Muslims rallied in the Indonesian capital on Friday in the second major protest in a month against its minority Christian governor. Police say 22,000 officers and 5,000 soldiers can be called on to ensure the demonstration stays orderly. Organizers had agreed to concentrate the protest around the vaulting national monument in central Jakarta to reduce disruptions but the area quickly overflowed. A protest Nov. 4 against Gov. Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja...... (read more)

10. Rohingya Refugees Seek to Return Home to Myanmar
November 30, 2016

Rohingya Muslims who have sought refuge in Bangladesh say they are desperate to stop living as refugees and return to their homeland in Myanmar. “The Rohingyas have been seeking temporary shelter in Bangladesh only to save their lives from a genocide-like situation in Myanmar. For most of us, life as refugees is very hard in Bangladesh. Arakan (Rakhine), where our Rohingya community has lived for centuries, is our ancestral homeland. We want to go back to Arakan,” said Mohammad Shaker, a...... (read more)

11. UN Warns Myanmar Government on Rohingya Crisis
November 29, 2016

The reputation of Aung San Suu Kyi's government in Myanmar is at stake amid international concerns over how it is dealing with violence in the country's divided northwest, a senior U.N. official warned Tuesday. The conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine State has sent hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing across the border to Bangladesh amid allegations of abuses by security forces. The crisis poses a serious challenge to Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi, who swept to power last year on...... (read more)

12. Ohio State Suspect Posted Anti-American Facebook Rant Prior to Attack
November 29, 2016

Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the man police say carried out a car and knife attack at the Ohio State University Monday, published a post on Facebook minutes before the incident in which he blamed America for killing Muslims abroad and praised al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki as a hero, law enforcement officials told U.S. media outlets. Authorities are still trying to discern Artan's motive in the attack at the campus in the city of Columbus, but in his post he said he was willing to kill...... (read more)

13. Turkey's Erdogan urges all Muslims to protect Jerusalem
November 29, 2016

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Muslims to defend the Palestinian cause, striking a tough stance on Israel despite improved ties between the two nations.   The president of majority Muslim Turkey said Tuesday "it is the common duty of all Muslims to embrace the Palestinian cause and protect Jerusalem' and that safeguarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque should not be left to children armed with nothing but stones. Located in the Old City of Jerusalem, the hilltop...... (read more)

14. 3 California Mosques Receive Letters Threatening Muslims
November 26, 2016

A civil rights group has called for more police protection of mosques after several in California received letters that praised President-elect Donald Trump and threatened Muslim genocide. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said the same handwritten, photocopied letter was sent last week to the Islamic Center of Long Beach, the Islamic Center of Claremont and the Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. The letter was addressed to...... (read more)

15. Persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Sparks Asian Protests
November 25, 2016

Thousands of Bangladeshis marched in the capital's streets Friday to protest the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, one of several similar rallies in the region. Chanting "Stop killing Rohingya Muslims,' they marched in Dhaka as violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state escalated, forcing thousands to leave their homes. The protesters from several Islamic groups burned an effigy of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a flag of Myanmar. They carried banners...... (read more)

16. Rights Group Wants More Government Protection for Afghan Shi'ites
November 22, 2016

Human Rights Watch wants the Afghan government to do more to protect minority Shiites after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in Kabul Monday, killing dozens of people gathered for a religious ceremony. The attack, carried out by Islamic State militants, on the Arbaein ceremony is the latest in a string of attacks that has left more than 500 Shi'ite Muslims dead in Afghanistan since July. “ISIS has stepped up its horrific and unlawful attacks on Shia public...... (read more)

17. Adviser to Trump Clarifies President-elect's Immigration Policy
November 17, 2016

VOA's Latin American division conducted an interview with Luis Quinones, a member of the Hispanic Advisory Council to President-elect Donald Trump. During his campaign, Trump was outspoken on immigration — from saying he would deport millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States, to building a wall along the border between the U.S. and Mexico, to banning Muslims or those trying to enter the U.S. from countries that pose terror threats. Quinones discussed with VOA various...... (read more)

18. Member of Trump Team: Only Criminals Need to Fear Deportation
November 17, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump's tough stance on immigration and his plan to scrutinize Muslims has sparked fear and revolt against what many Americans consider fomenting of hatred. Since his election victory, Trump has sought to allay some of those concerns, saying that only undocumented immigrants with criminal records will be deported, up to 3 million of them. VOA asked a member of Trump's Hispanic Advisory Council, Luis Quinones, to clarify the incoming administration's...... (read more)

19. Arab Tribal Leader Accuses Iraqi Shi’ite Militiamen of Executions
November 17, 2016

An Arab tribal chief Wednesday accused Shi’ite militiamen west of the Iraqi city of Mosul of shelling civilians and of carrying out extrajudicial killings in villages near the town of Tal Afar. Last week, Amnesty International said it had documented Shi’ite killings of Sunni Muslims in villages south of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and the Islamic State’s last major urban stronghold in Iraq, now under siege by Iraqi forces. Shi’ite militia accused of killing civilians Sheikh...... (read more)

20. Nigerian Police, Shi'ite Muslims Clash in Kano State, at Least 9 Dead
November 14, 2016

Police said nine people were killed in clashes between Shi’ite Muslims and police during a religious procession in northern Nigeria on Monday, but the minority sect said dozens of its members lost their lives. The clashes occurred on the outskirts of Kano, a city in a state of the same name, as members of the country's largest Shi’ite group, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), conducted an annual procession to Zaria in neighboring Kaduna state. It was the latest in a series of...... (read more)

21. FBI: Hate Crimes Against Minorities Increased in 2015
November 14, 2016

Hate crimes against minorities rose 7 percent in the United States last year, the FBI reported Monday, with incidents targeting Muslims jumping 67 percent. Hate crimes escalated to 5,850 from 5,479 last year, according to the bureau's latest data. By contrast, hate crimes against Muslims jumped to 257 from 154 in 2014. Bias-motivated offenses against Muslims accounted for 4.4 percent of all hate crimes in 2015 and 21 percent of religiously motivated crimes. Anti-Muslim hate...... (read more)

22. Trump Says ‘Stop It’ to Those Intimidating Minorities in His Name
November 13, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump has two words for those assaulting minorities with cries of "White Power" - "Stop it." Trump held his first television interview since winning the contentious and sometimes mean-spirited presidential election last week. He spoke Friday to CBS television's 60 Minutes which broadcast the interview Sunday night. Some Trump supporters have felt emboldened by his tough campaign rhetoric aimed at Muslims and Mexicans. He said he knew...... (read more)

23. Safety Pins - A Sign of Support for Minorities Following Trump Election
November 12, 2016

Many Americans are wearing a single safety pin fastened to their shirts since the election of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump as a symbol of solidarity against intolerance. The small gesture is intended show quiet support for minorities, women, immigrants, and LGBT people who may feel marginalized by hateful rhetoric surrounding Trump's campaign. His campaign promises to deport immigrants and ban Muslims from the country in addition to lewd comments degrading women have fueled fears...... (read more)

24. Muslim-Americans Brace for Trump Presidency
November 10, 2016

Muslim Americans are preparing for life under a new president who last December proposed banning foreign Muslims from entering the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump later walked back such a blanket ban, instead saying people from countries flagged as terrorism concerns would be subject to “extreme vetting.” Those comments made many Muslim Americans wary of his candidacy. At a watch party at the Arab-American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, many were shocked at his victory and...... (read more)

25. Muslim Americans Brace for Trump Presidency
November 10, 2016

Muslim Americans are preparing for life under a new president who has proposed banning foreign Muslims from entering the U.S. As VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports, there is widespread concern and uncertainty among Muslim Americans about what a Donald Trump presidency means.... (read more)