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		<title>Islamic Banking and the Media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	There has been focus upon Islamic banking by different forms of media, including television, over the past two years. The programs that are broadcast by television channels range between talks shows and programs that issue religious edicts. 
	However, to the viewers who watch these shows, whether they are experts in the field or ordinary members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interest and Islamic Banking - Bilal Philips (Video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Interest and Islamic Banking - Contemporary Issues - Bilal Philips 
	



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		<link>http://islamicbanking.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/interest-and-islamic-banking-bilal-philips-video/</link>
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		<title>A Basic Guide to Contemporary Islamic Banking &#038; Finance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	By: Jean-Pierre Fenech
	Switzerland&rsquo;s UBS has become the latest of just a handful of Western banks to open up to Islamic banking, aiming to capture a $180 billion market that seems to be underserved and certainly expanding1. In June 2003, HSBC in Malaysia completed the world&rsquo;s first Islamic Global Bond Issue valued at $600 million2. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://islamicbanking.blogsome.com/2008/04/20/a-basic-guide-to-contemporary-islamic-banking-finance/</link>
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		<title>‘Capitalism Has Failed to Address Major Issues’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	JEDDAH, 4 April 2008 — A three-day international conference on Islamic economics ended yesterday urging Islamic banks to address problems such as poverty and unemployment in Muslim countries.
	The conference, hosted by King Abdulaziz University (KAU), adopted a number of important recommendations to promote Islamic economics in the world. Nearly 1,000 delegates from across the globe, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://islamicbanking.blogsome.com/2008/04/05/p68/</link>
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		<title>Boustead eyes Islamic banking ops in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Boustead Holdings Bhd plans to establish an Islamic banking operations in China via a joint venture with its foreign partner the Bank of East Asia (BEA).
It was now &ldquo;exploring that opportunity with BEA,&rdquo; group managing director Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin said, adding that the proposal was subject to approvals from the authorities concerned.
	He said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash waqf for welfare projects mooted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Professor M.A. Mannan, founder chairman of Social Investment Bank (SIB) in Bangladesh, yesterday urged Muslim countries and organizations to promote &quot;cash waqf&quot; (endowment in cash) as a new product to collect funds required for their educational, social and charitable projects.
	&quot;The main attraction of this product is that it enables every Muslim to participate in it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://islamicbanking.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/cash-waqf-for-welfare-projects-mooted/</link>
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		<title>Gulf banks set sights on Kenya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Gulf conventional and Islamic banks are looking to set up operations in Kenya to capitalise on the huge untapped Muslim population in the Africa region, said a senior Kenyan central bank official. 
	&ldquo;We are getting a lot of inquiries from Gulf banks, some of them from the UAE, which are keen to open up branches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://islamicbanking.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/gulf-banks-set-sights-on-kenya/</link>
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		<title>Singapore to host Islamic Financial Services Board&#8217;s 2009 summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	SINGAPORE: Singapore will host the annual summit of the Islamic Financial Services Board in May next year. 
	It will be the first time the event will be held in Asia. Previous summits were held in London, Doha, Beirut and Dubai. This year&#8217;s summit will be held in Amman. 
	The annual summit is the single largest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://islamicbanking.blogsome.com/2008/04/03/singapore-to-host-islamic-financial-services-boards-2009-summit/</link>
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		<title>Singapore&#8217;s Islamic bank eyes opportunities in Qatar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Singapore&rsquo;s first Islamic bank is looking for opportunities in Qatar, its chief executive officer has said. 
	The Islamic Bank of Asia, with a paid up capital of US$500mn was incorporated in May 2007, and its major shareholders include DBS, Singapore&rsquo;s largest bank and some prominent businessmen based in the GCC region. Islamic Bank of Asia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://islamicbanking.blogsome.com/2008/03/31/singapores-islamic-bank-eyes-opportunities-in-qatar/</link>
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		<title>Devon Bank In Chicago Ventures Into Islamic Banking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Chicago, IL (AHN) - Like a growing number of British banks which have discovered it pays to lend to Muslims, a bank in Chicago has recently ventured into Sharia banking. No interest loans now comprise 75 percent of the bank&#8217;s mortgage portfolio. 
	Devon Bank&#8217;s Islamic finance products are built on the following principles: 
	1. Products [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://islamicbanking.blogsome.com/2008/03/31/devon-bank-in-chicago-ventures-into-islamic-banking/</link>
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