In 2015, Amanda Saab lit up screens all over the world on Master Chef. She was the first hijab-wearing American Muslim contestant on a major reality TV show. Hate tweets and painfully racist Facebook messages started to outweigh the positive messages she was receiving. It was an incredibly painful time for Amanda and her husband…
Cairo: The Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa has said that peace has a prominent place in Islam, and that it can be attained through behavior that helps bring it about, including by doing good for humanity””only through the love of goodness for humanity’, transcending all selfishness. He made this…
Balqa: Jordan’s King Abdullah opened the International Center for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME), the first research center of its kind in the region. The center, which is located in Allan region in the Balqa Governorate, will contribute to developing scientific research in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, physics,…
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has sought to ease the concerns of Egyptians grappling with rising prices in the holy month of Ramadan by pledging a raft of economic measures including tax breaks. El-Sisi, in an interview published in state newspaper Al-Ahram, said his government would introduce tax cuts and increase subsidized food to help…
Rabat: In its 2017 Attraction Barometer, the professional services firm Ernst and Young (EY) put Morocco in the first place and named it as “the Most Attractive Country in Africa for Investors,” beating out South Africa and Kenya with its political stability and steady economic growth. EY index, rates countries based on their Foreign Direct Investment…
Abu Dhabi: The International Conference for the Criminalisation of Cyber-Terrorism concluded in Abu Dhabi with the “Abu Dhabi Declaration for Criminalizing Cyber-Terrorism”, which was read by Dr. Ali Rashid Al Noaimi, chairman of the conference organizing committee. The Abu Dhabi Declaration includes three clauses, to be coordinated and rapidly executed by UN member countries to combat…
Manama: The Bahrain-based Gulf University held its first media forum under the theme of “Media and Arabian Gulf Challenges” recently. The participants debated on security and economic challenges facing the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, in the light of international political and media shifts. Gulf University President Dr. Muhannad Mashhadani stressed the importance of the forum,…
Jeddah: Cultural barriers, lack of adequate investment in research and development, and a low rate of graduates in scientific fields are among the greatest challenges faced by Islamic Development Bank (IDB) member countries in fostering innovation. Finance leaders attending Innovation Forum, hosted by the IDB Group deliberated on these pressing issues. The forum brought together…
Doha: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has received the ‘Product Innovation Award’ under the Islamic Finance category from the Global Finance Magazine for the bank’s efforts in introducing innovative Shariah-compliant products, including long-term deposits with flexible profit payment options. The long-term deposits with flexible profit payment options and higher expected yields allow customers to choose how they…
Ankara: Turkey’s top religious affairs body has formulated a two-pronged common strategy to address Islamophobia in Europe. Diyanet head Mehmet Gormez said the new strategy would gather Muslim pioneers in Europe, and arrange meetings with people from other faiths and communities. Gormez said that Diyanet would organize the first meeting on May 22-25 in Turkey’s western…
