The Islamic veil across Europe

Countries across the continent have wrestled with the issue of the Muslim veil – in various forms such as the body-covering burqa and the niqab, which covers the face apart from the eyes. The debate takes in religious freedom, female equality, secular traditions and even fears of terrorism. This article summarizes the current debates and…

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Accounting Standards for Islamic Financial Institutions will appear in Russian

Shari’a Standards for Islamic Financial products issued by the Accounting Association of Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) will soon be presented in Russian. An agreement was reached during the visit of the Delegation of Council of Muftis of Russia to Bahrain last December. The first product standards will be published in February 2010 and will include…

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Islamic books in Braille published in Kazan

Yardem National Islamic Charitable Foundation, in cooperation with the Rehabilitation Center at the Sulaiman mosque in Kazan have initiated a fundraising effort for “Light of Knowledge for the Blind”, to purchase equipment for a local Muslim library. Danis Garayev, a project initiator, says each year the library issues hundreds of Braille Muslim books. “We distribute…

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Islamic libraries appear at mosques in Siberia and the Urals

The Religious Directorate of Muslims in the Asian cultural region of Russia provided an incentive to open libraries at mosques in Siberia and the Urals, says the chairman of the Directorate Nafigulla Ashirov. While Muslim communities in Central Russia, the Volga region and in Northern Caucasus are well supplied with Islamic books, it still remains…

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Al-Wasatiya Center soon to open in Moscow

An agreement to base a representative office of the International al-Wasatiya Center in Moscow to proliferate ideas of moderation in Islam was signed in Kuwait during the 5th session of the “Russia and the Islamic World” Strategic Vision Group. The International al-Wasatiya Center was founded in Kuwait several years ago and is currently run by…

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