Islami Bank in Bangladesh called upon officials to globalize Islamic Banking
(This is their logo) IBBL customer services must be improved to sustain successes: Managing Director tells officials at ‘Business Promotion Meeting’ in city BUSINESS REPORT Islami Bank Bangladesh...
View ArticleThe New Weapon of Choice to disfigure and humiliate women, ACID!
Acid, the new weapon for disfiguring women By Nozrul Islam Dhaka (AsiaNews) – Women in Bangladesh suffer marginalization. And the violence against them, at home and outside, continues to grow....
View ArticleAnother UK Islamic Charity Tied to Terror
One of the major concerns surrounding Shariah-Compliant Finance is the requirement that financial institutions tithe in the system of zakat in order to be Shariah-Compliant. Readers can check our...
View ArticleHizb ut-Tahrir banned in Bangladesh after attack
Hizb ut-Tahrir, whose American wing held a conference calling for Islam to replace capitalism in Chicago over the summer, has been banned in Bangladesh. This brings to 20 the number of countries that...
View ArticleHSBC sharpens focus on Shariah banking in Bangladesh
HSBC continues to lead the financial jihad… http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=151814
View ArticleGreat work by Money Jihad blog on the Zakat-Terror Finding Nexus
Over the past week, Money Jihad has posted some excellent work on the use of zakat funds for Jihad. These postings are not to be missed… 1. British Muslims are the Taliban’s Greatest Source of Revenue...
View ArticleShariah bank funnels zakat to militants
Money Jihad has done it again. This time they bring to us the very important report that a Shariah-compliant bank in Bangladesh has been sending zakat money to Jihadist terrorists… Government officials...
View ArticleBritish Muslim Charged With Raising Funds for Jihadist Terrorism
A British Muslim has been charged with three counts of raising funds for terrorism. Shabaaz Hussain, 27, from east London, is accused of providing money or property for terrorism purposes on 12 April,...
View ArticleMoney Jihad Blog: Concerns Mount Over Shariah Banks in Bangladesh Funding Jihad…
FATF, the world’s leading international watchdog for money laundering, terror funding, and financial standard setting, is concerned that Bangladesh hasn’t done enough to criminalize terrorist...
View ArticleAnother Activity for a Shariah Advisor: Terrorism
The good folks at Money Jihad blog have done it again. They have uncovered a very important news item about a member of the Shariah Advisory Board of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) who has been...
View ArticleNobel Prize Winner and Friend of Hillary Clinton Muhammad Yunus: A Muslim...
Hillary Clinton’s friends and associated in the Muslim world continue to attract curiosity and scrutiny. Money Jihad blog has an interesting post on Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker who has won...
View ArticleMore Evidence of the Failure of Shariah Banking in the UK: HSBC Drops Shariah...
Long-time readers of SFW may recall some posts from the past two years alluding to the fact that, despite a great deal of hype, Shariah-compliant banking is failing in the United Kingdom. For instance,...
View ArticleBangladesh, Banking and Terrorism Financing
“Some linkages between Islamic Banking and terrorist organizations have now been brought into the open, but the networks have not been dismantled.” Bangladesh has a long history of weakness on money...
View ArticleMoney Jihad blog’s short list of Shariah banks that fund terrorism
Money Jihad blog is one of the most invaluable web sites in existence for anyone who is concerned with how Jihadist terrorism is supported and funded. That is why we link to it so frequently here on...
View ArticleFederal Reserve Bomb Plotter Inspired By Al Awlaki Sermons
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the man being prosecuted for plotting to bomb the Federal Reserve Reserve Bank of New York, was inspired by the sermons of the late Al Qaeda in the Arabian...
View ArticleJihadist pleaded guilty to attempted bombing of New York Federal Reserve Bank
In a completely different form of financial jihad, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis pleaded guilty this week to attempting to detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb at the New York Federal...
View ArticleHere we go again: Zakat to those who fight “for the cause of Allah”
Periodically, during the course of our research, we come across examples of confirmation of Islamic doctrine identifying the acceptable destinations for zakat (Muslim tithing). Invariably, number 7 on...
View ArticleSuccess in Fighting Jihad in Bangladesh
The military web site Strategy Page has an interesting synopsis of the largely successful efforts to counter jihad in Bangladesh. In that synopsis, the folks at Strategy Page detail the role of Islamic...
View ArticleMoney Jihad Blog: Shariah Banker Was Jihadist Terrorist
Money Jihad blog has an important report posted that indicates that the chairman of the board of Islami Bank Bangladesh, Limited (IBBL), Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, was a leading member of a...
View ArticleBangladeshi Shariah Banker: Conventional Banking “Greedy”
Here we have an example of deceptive practices associated with Shariah Compliant Finance. In a media interview, the Managing Director of Islamic Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL), Abdul Mannan, remarked:...
View ArticleShariah-Compliant Bank in Bangladesh Implicated in Counterfeit Scandal
Generally speaking, in the civilized world anyway, when one goes to the bank to get cash, one can depend on that cash being authentic. With one Shariah bank in Bangladesh, not so much… Fake Notes...
View ArticleMetLife Goes Shariah Compliant in Bangladesh
American Life Insurance Company (MetLife Alico) launched Takaful DPS, a new insurance plan on Monday to bring Shariah compliant insurance solutions to its customers in Bangladesh.The plan is the first...
View ArticleReport: Pakistani official in embassy in Bangladesh implicated in funding Jihad
A Bangladeshi newspaper has reported that an official in Pakistan’s embassy in Bangladesh was involved in funding Jihadist organizations. The language is kind of rough, so we aren’t posting an excerpt,...
View ArticleBangladeshi Jihadist group counterfeiting currency to finance activities
A US State Department report blames the Jihadist terrorist organization HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami) for producing counterfeit notes in Bangladesh where thousands of legal cases involving...
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