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...
View ArticleBusiness Week-”Who’s Afraid of Mideast Money?”
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View ArticleBusiness 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...
View ArticleWSJ-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...
View ArticleIslamic 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,...
View ArticleUS 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...
View ArticleLinks 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...
View ArticleJudith 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...
View ArticleMUST 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...
View ArticleALERT-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...
View ArticleList 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...
View ArticleForbes-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 —...
View ArticleFinancial TImes-Suspicion grows over lack of transparency in Sovereign wealth...
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View ArticleABS may help match bonds with Shariah-Moody’s
http://www.reuters.com/article/IslamicBankingandFinance08/idUSL0455910620080204 hat tip-Margo I.
View ArticleWeekly 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...
View ArticleMarket 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...
View ArticleEuropean 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...
View ArticleStandard 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...
View ArticlePRESS 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleMalaysia 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...
View ArticleIslamic 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....
View ArticleShariah 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...
View ArticleMalaysia 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleFINALLY…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...
View ArticleBack 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...
View ArticleRonald 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...
View ArticleInvesting 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...
View ArticleDow 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...
View ArticleShariah-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...
View ArticleStress-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...
View ArticleShariah-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...
View ArticleShariah-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...
View ArticleDow 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...
View ArticleMalaysian 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...
View ArticleShariah 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...
View ArticleMore 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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