Islamic Finance News- MALAYSIA: Malaysian Institute of Accountants releases textbook on accounting for Islamic finance
- UAE: Emirates NBD signs agreement with Dubai Land Department’s Real Estate Regulatory Agency
- BAHRAIN: Majority of Bahrain Islamic Bank’s shareholders opt for cash offer by National Bank of Bahrain
- MALAYSIA: YTL Power International maintains ‘AA1/Stable’ rating on RM2.5 billion (US$616.08 million) Sukuk
- MALAYSIA: RAM reaffirms ‘AA3/Stable’ rating on Dynasty Harmony’s Sukuk
- OMAN: Alizz Islamic Bank agrees to Oman Arab Bank’s merger offer
- TURKEY: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to explore opportunities in Islamic finance in Turkey
- MALAYSIA: CIMB Islamic contributes RM1 million (US$246,434) to Setiu Wetlands conservation
- MALAYSIA: Millennium’s Islamic core banking solution receives Shariah compliance certificate from ISRA Consulting
- MALAYSIA: Principal Asset Management launches Principal Islamic ASEAN Equity Fund
Category Archives: General Issues About Islam
Does Faith Constrain Progress and Use of Science
Salman Ahmed Shaikh Does faith require abandoning reason, reflecting on the matter, searching for physical answers and finding physical solutions? As per religion, using material means, experimentally proven knowledge and medication is not problematic. For instance, in psychological disorders and … Continue reading
Non-Contradiction between Faith & Science
Salman Ahmed Shaikh Qur’an is not a book of science. But, to present its basic message, it focuses our attention on different realities, both within our consciousness and in the outside natural phenomena. Modern science has not found any error … Continue reading
Is Contribution to Science Only a Western Enterprise
Salman Ahmed Shaikh Ehsan Masood in his book ‘Science and Islam: A History’ writes that Muslim contribution to science is largely forgotten or at least neglected, except by a few diligent specialists[i]. Science is universal and is not just a … Continue reading
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The Scientific Method & Faith-Based Worldview
Salman Ahmed Shaikh In simple words, science is knowledge established by observation and experimentation through an objective process. Science tries to disentangle useful knowledge about the matter so that this knowledge can be put to effective use. For the physical … Continue reading
Need for Meaning to Existence
Salman Ahmed Shaikh The twentieth century can well and truly be regarded as the century of modern science. Science has made us understand the physical world better and to make the ever-more effective use of matter around us. The comforts … Continue reading
Complex Life on a Knife’s Edge
Salman Ahmed Shaikh In his book, ‘A Brief History of Time’, Stephen Hawking writes: “If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would … Continue reading
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Science and Meaning of Life
Salman Ahmed Shaikh Stephen Hawking has recently died after living a difficult life physically, but one which was highly productive in terms of intellectual journey and contributions. While acknowledging the tremendous value of the contribution of Stephen Hawking in Cosmological … Continue reading
Exploring Meaning of Life
This book aims to understand the position of science and faith on questions of meaning in existence. Mutual understanding of original views of both camps is necessary for the mutual progress and co-existence of both empirical knowledge and values in … Continue reading
Who Is Muhammad (Prophet PBUH)
Salman Ahmed Shaikh In early 2015, Muslims took to twitter to introduce our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to the world. Below are some of the tweets by the scribe. Who said “Accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, … Continue reading
A Dialogue with Atheists
Salman Ahmed Shaikh A lot of people these days present themselves as ‘Realists’ and ‘Atheists’. Often, they do not understand the basic premise of religion. Religion concerns itself first and foremost with the question of ‘Why’ rather than ‘What is’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Fundamental Islam, Islam, Islamism, Jihadism, Jihadists, New Atheism, New Atheists, Religion
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