GIBRALTAR- PRNewswire: In March 2023, IQ Option, the leading online trading platform, introduced Islamic accounts to its Android users. Islamic accounts are meant for Muslim traders who were unable to trade due to religious restrictions on overnight commissions or swaps, which are considered usury and prohibited by Sharia law. Thanks to the IQ Option Islamic…
The ‘Los Angeles Times’ published a detailed article on Muslims in the United States of America, which indicated that Muslim immigrants suffer from abuse in the media, in addition to their suffering from marginalization in the media and cinema. The newspaper referred to a recent study launched by USC Annenberg’s inclusion initiative; which indicated that…
EDUCATION Cairo- Google Cloud announced recently a collaboration with Al Azhar University, one of the Islamic world’s first and most prestigious educational institutions. The collaboration involves deploying Google Workspace for Education (GWFE) as the official learning and productivity platform for more than 24,500 faculty members and 500,000 students at the university, which was founded in…
TEHRAN: The Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) has released the latest ranking of universities, according to which 74 universities from Iran are among the top 460 universities from 30 Islamic countries. The ranking shows that among the universities of 57 Islamic countries, a total of 460 universities from 30 countries have qualified for the…
KARACHI: Experts associated with the World Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) have urged the new Islamic countries to spend at least one percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on science and technology research, as the goal of prosperity and self-reliance is based on science. It can only be obtained through research. On the last day…
Today (3 March 1924) marks exactly 99 years since the end of the Ottoman Caliphate. Following on from the Lausanne Treaty of 1923, when the Ottomans were defeated in World War One.
The 5th Vice-Chancellors’ Forum of Universities in the Islamic World concluded in Islamabad recently. Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Mr. Ahsan Iqbal chaired the closing ceremony. Over 200 Vice Chancellors, including 40 from 20 different OIC countries, participated in the VC Forum that was jointly organized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC),…
New Delhi: CPI (M) MP John Brittas brought up the contentious ban on head covering in educational institutions in Karnataka during the budget session in the Rajya Sabha. He asserted that as a result, approximately 1 lakh Muslim women students in Karnataka discontinued their studies at government colleges. He was taking part in a debate…
As many as six women from Qatar have been featured among the Middle East’s 100 most powerful businesswomen in 2023, according to Forbes Middle East magazine. They are Dr. Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari, managing director of Hamad Medical Corporation, who has been ranked eighth; followed by Noor al-Sulaiti, chief executive officer of Ooredoo Oman, ranked 31st;…
The ‘Los Angeles Times’ published a detailed article on Muslims in the United States of America, which indicated that Muslim immigrants suffer from abuse in the media, in addition to their suffering from marginalization in the media and cinema. The newspaper referred to a recent study launched by USC Annenberg’s inclusion initiative; which indicated that…
