Shari’ah Compliant Investment – There’s Now An App For That

By: Ainsley Brown On the go but want to check if that hot new stock tip you got is Shari’ah compliant? Well now you can – Shari’ah compliance has gone mobile. Amiri S3 or Shari’ah Screening System is a downloadable Blackberry application that allows its users to check over 38,000 stocks from all over the world to determine Shari’ah compliance.

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Islamic Banking And Finance: Why The Global Down Turn Was Good For The Sector

By: Ainsley Brown The global down turn it could be argued came as a blessing in disguise for the Islamic banking and finance sector (IBF).  But may not for reason you might think. The decline in western banking and finance, while it led to many opportunities for the expansion of IBF, actually saw a decline in growth. This decline though

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Australia To Review Tax Laws On Islamic Finance

By: Ainsley Brown When an industry approaches being worth close to a trillion dollars it can no longer be considered a passing fancy or fad – Islamic banking and finance (IBF) is real and is as much a part of the global financial system as “conventional” finance. It is this realization that has prompted Australia to conduct a review of

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