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Lloyd’s Look to Islamic Insrance

Lloyd’s Looks To Islamic Insurance Lloyd’s chairman Lord Levene has today spoken of the group’s desire to enter the Islamic insurance market, which provides insurance services that comply with the...

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Business Week-”Who’s Afraid of Mideast Money?”

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Business Week-”Who’s Afraid of Mideast Money?”

This is one of the most important articles to read about the emerging power and takeover of the West by Middle East Money. We should all be afraid…very afraid. However the lust for greed and money will...

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WSJ-Our Ambitions for the Middle East-by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

This article is written by the leader of Dubai. It is a puff piece of propagada, and should be read “tongue in cheek”. This is the man who was responsible for trying to buy our ports, and is now...

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Islamic bonds hit by scholar-Washington Times.

This article shows the hypocracy of sharia finance and also shows that we have to be very careful about letting it proliferate in the west. commens by Allyson Rowen Taylor Article published Jan 14,...

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US Investments Trump National Security-No Stock in Patriotism by William R....

No Stock in Patriotism By William R. Hawkins Washington Times | 1/16/2008 In their history of British imperialism, P.J. Cain and A.G. Hopkins found “captains of industry did not command as much...

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Links to Moody’s Ratings on Middle East Bonds and Issues

  Moody\’s RSS feed Moody’s reports: Stable outlook for United Arab Emirates banks Moody’s reports: Stable outlook for Qatari banks amid strong economy Moody’s changes to negative the rating outlook...

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Judith Miller-Abu Dhabi:East Leans West-while radical Islamists fight to...

Great Article about Abu Dhabi and the lust for wealth by investing in the West. Judith Miller was former reporter for the New York Times. comments by Allyson Rowen Taylor Judith Miller Abu Dhabi: East...

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MUST READ-How the Muslims are marketing Islam, without “Islamic” jargon

Here are some excerpts from the  http://www.universityislamicfinancial.com website. Note below in the FAQ area, they specifically note that Some of our products in development will be designed without...

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ALERT-Opening Doors to Islamic Financing

Welcome to UIFC:  OPENING DOORS TO ISLAMIC FINANCING  (hat tip Margo I) Jan 20, 2008 University Islamic Financial Corp: Islamic Banking & Islamic Finance...

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List of Major Banks dealing with Shariah Finance-tools for research

Here is a list of banks that are expanding the Islamic Shariah industry worldwide. Also, a link to the major periodicals that discuss Shariah Finance. In order to combat this rising influence on our...

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Forbes-As Islamic banks boom, scholars are hard to find.

go to the link to read this very revealing article on Forbes FEATURE-As Islamic banks boom, scholars are hard to find Forbes – NY,USA A small group of usually robed and bearded Islamic scholars —...

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Financial TImes-Suspicion grows over lack of transparency in Sovereign wealth...

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ABS may help match bonds with Shariah-Moody’s

http://www.reuters.com/article/IslamicBankingandFinance08/idUSL0455910620080204 hat tip-Margo I.

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Weekly Market Report on the GCC Stock Markets-Gulfbase

  GulfBase.com is pleased to present the Weekly Market Report on the GCC stock markets; summary of markets’ indices along with gainers, decliners, volume and value leaders in addition to a summary of...

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Market Performance in the Kuwait Stock Exchange for the record…….

        Global Investment House –Kuwait- Kuwait Stock Exchange -Market Performance Global Investment House –Kuwait- Kuwait Stock Exchange -Market Performance –After recording good growth over past few...

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European stocks driven by energy sector gains due to high OIL prices

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...

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Standard Chartered bank opens LARGEST trading floor in the Middle East at the...

Stanchart opens its largest trading floor in Middle East   Standard Chartered bank has opened its largest trading floor in the Middle East at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the global...

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PRESS RELEASE-Are Your Mutual Funds Terror Free?

  Press Release Are Your Mutual Funds Terror-Free? The Next Step in Socially Responsible Investing: http://www.terrorfreecalculator.com/ PHOENIX, April 30, 2008 — Conflict Securities Advisory Group...

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The Oil Slide Continues-Forbes

Energy Sector Roundup: The oil slide continues Associated Press 04.30.08, 3:30 PM ET  http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/04/30/ap4954519.html                 Oil Futures Pushed Down by Higher...

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“Peace of Cake” Taqiyya and lies from an article in Australia promoting Islam...

Peace of cake Muslim Converts in Austria hat tip-Ronit Fraid  rfraid@bigpond.net.au  http://tinyurl.com/42ehjg May 15, 2008  Salam Cafe screens Wednesdays at 10pm on SBS. Photo: Supplied Other related...

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Malaysia has increased the number of Islamic stocks listed on its stock...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 (Reuters) – Malaysia has increased the number of Islamic stocks listed on its stock exchange to 843, the market regulator said on Friday, widening the range of assets offered to...

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Islamic Banking Report, Moody’s and how their propaganda is making this the...

Monday, 18 August 2008 Islamic banking is in its golden period of growth Dr Jasim Ali (Gulf News) Last week Moody’s Investors Services published an exceptional report about Islamic banking industry....

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Shariah Laws and Finance will try to poise themselves as the saviors of the...

Gulf states poised to weather financial crisis By Julia Wheeler BBC News, Dubai Gulf stock exchanges are apt to exaggerate volatility felt elsewhere Gulf stock markets are not immune to the global...

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Malaysia courts may get expert help on sharia finance

Malaysian Court of Justice   We are  recommending this article to readers of this blog in general for its links in the right column on shariah finance – obviously it is pro-SCF and we disagree with...

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The rise of Islamic banking and the details the promoters leave out

The article illustrates that the promoters of Shariah-Compliant Finance are not simply interested in making such products available to Muslims. They want to attract the assets of non-Muslims as well....

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The selling of Shariah to non Muslims via banking

  KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Islamic banking is gaining ground with non-Muslims worldwide due to its strict lending principles, Singapore’s third-largest lender OCBC said on Monday, reflecting...

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FINALLY…a critical article about Shariah-Compliant Finance…

…actually, it isn’t THAT great, but it’s better than most of the fluff pieces being produced on the subject these days. Foreign Policy has published a piece entitled Faith in the Market. They at least...

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Back to the fluff pieces on Shariah-Compliant Finance

Just when we were glad that some in the media were taking a critical look at Shariah-Compliant Finance, Barron’s comes up with a real stinker–an article which amounts to a celebration and promotion of...

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Ronald Reagan must be spinning in his grave

On Tuesday, February 17, a celebration of “Islamic finance” will be held in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Frankly, the thought of the enemy threat doctrine being promoted inside the...

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Investing in Jihad: The Perils of Shariah Finance

Unfortunately we overlooked an excellent article two weeks ago. Alyssa Lappen is one of the most knowledgeable writers on Shariah and Shariah-Compliant Finance. She wrote an article for...

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Dow Jones Islamic Market Index marks 10th Anniversary

The Dow-Jones Islamic Market Index is 10 years old. Excuse us if we decline to join in the celebration of one of America’s financial icons helping our enemy’s threat doctrine infiltrate our financial...

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Shariah-Compliant Finance as a Safe Haven: Myth and Reality

Promoters of Shariah-Compliant Finance routinely violate the trust of investors when they proclaim that investing according to shariah principles has provided a safe haven from the recent and current...

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Stress-testing Shariah-Compliant Finance

RGE Monitor has come up with an excellent analysis of the Shariah-Compliant Finance industry and has pretty much debunked all the misleading and flowery reports about Shariah-Compliance providing a...

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Shariah-Compliant Finance growth slows due to poor performance

We have good news and bad news. First the bad news: the Shariah-Compliant Finance industry continues to grow worldwide. This is bad news for a variety of reasons, particularly these two: + The purpose...

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Shariah-Compliant Finance spreads to Thailand (and the fraud has already begun)

FTSE and the Stock Exchange of Thailand have added a Shariah index to the exchange’s benchmarks. This is most unfortunate and is illustrative of the spread of Shariah worldwide. This is especially...

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Dow Jones launches Islamic index for Shariah ETF

We wonder if anyone at Dow Jones even knows what Shariah is… “Dow Jones has launched a new Islamic index, which has been simultaneously licensed to an exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider in the US. The...

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Malaysian bourse eyes murabaha trading system as debate rages

Malaysia’s stock exchange will launch a global murabaha trading platform next month to serve a market worth over $100 billion, amid fierce industry debate over the permissibility of the Islamic funding...

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Shariah finance: The deadly Jihadist weapon with a dollar sign

It is highly appropriate that SFW end 2009 by sharing the latest work from one of the true heroes of the Western world in the fight against Shariah: David Yerushalmi. Mr. Yerushalmi’s essay in the...

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More Shariah Compliance Comes to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

In the middle of last year, New Jersey-based Javelin Investment Management announced it would offer an ETF based on the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100....

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