Dow Jones Islamic Index expands by 11 countries
The Dow Jones Islamic Index, a product which has already caused embarrassment for Dow Jones when it was fully disclosed that the hateful Jihadist Mufti Taqi Usmani sat atop its Shariah advisory board...
View ArticleVideos from the Dead: Al Qaeda releases video on September 11th with...
Al Qaeda released an online video to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, with messages from the late Osama Bin Laden and his successor, Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri. The message...
View ArticleAl Qaeda turns to hostage taking across Africa to raise revenue
After years of limiting its kidnap operations to Mali, Niger, Mauritania, and occasionally Algeria and southern Tunisia, it would seem that al-Qaeda, through its Maghreb branch al-Qaeda in the Islamic...
View ArticleAl Qaeda financier arrested in France
French counterterrorism police have arrested the administrator of a Jihadi website who is suspected of playing a key role in financing and recruiting for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in several...
View ArticleIslamic Charities Revealed: Bankrollers of Terror
Foreign Policy magazine recently published an excellent article on the role of Islamic charities in funding Jihadist terrorism, something we’ve been writing about here on SFW for several years now....
View ArticleShariah-Compliant Finance could reach 25%-40% market share in Tunisia
The emergence of Shariah-compliant Finance in Tunisia is hardly surprising given the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist factions in the wake of the so-called “Arab spring.” According to...
View ArticleReport: Tunisia Targets Terror Financiers
Tunisia will freeze assets of individuals and entities with terrorism ties. Moveable assets, real estate, securities and financial instruments would be subject to the measure, the finance ministry...
View ArticleShariah Gaining Foothold in Africa Through Shariah Bond Offerings
African markets are starting to open to Shariah finance, primarily through governments’ debut sales of sovereign sukuk (Shariah bonds). Regimes across Africa are using Shariah bonds as a way to attract...
View ArticleTunisia to delay Shariah bond issue
Tunisia will delay its planned issue of $500 million in Shariah bonds until the third quarter of the year…...
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