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Available at: http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=6&id=18054 By Lahem al Nasser Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat-Since its emergence, Islamic banking has never been subjected to any kind of independent supervision with the […]

Available at: http://www.opalesque.com/OIFI112/Discussion_Board_Country_versus_Boards405.html “There are growing calls from within the industry to establish country –specific Shariah boards that complement bank-specific Shariah boards. Is this just another […]

By Bernardo Vizcaino, CAIA Available at: http://www.opalesque.com/OIFI114/Two_Schools_of_Islamic_Vizcaino036.html The global financial marketplace stands at a crossroads, undoubtedly the recent (and many) events in the capital markets have […]

Available at: http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Banking_and_Finance/10346060.html By Abdul Rahman Shaheen, Correspondent Riyadh: The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which groups 56 Muslim countries, Thursday launched its fund raising drive […]

Available at: http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Banking_and_Finance/10344339.html Dubai: The Asian Banker has released its annual ranking of the world’s top 100 Islamic banks by assets. Combined assets of world’s 100 […]

Available at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=axmMs9VeBfQE By Jungmin Hong: South Korea plans to exempt Islamic bonds from tax on distributions as it seeks to expand its capital markets and […]

Assalamualaikum and Happy Ramadhan al-Mubarak, Dear Readers, Please find enclosed the Central Bank of Malaysia Bill 2009 for your reference. This Bill is really significant to […]