Tag "Sharia"
Middle East/North Africa
Security
Why Iraq is not a new Vietnam
It was fashionable in 2007 to label the Iraq War as the next Vietnam. It was easy to draw parallels – weak local allies, a post-invasion quagmire, insurgency, inability to
Finance
Middle East/North Africa
Senegal sukuk bond signals wider African interest in Islamic finance
Senegal plans to issue an Islamic law compliant bond in 2014, building on momentum in sukuk issuance globally. Senegal’s government looks set to issue a type of Islamic bond, known
Europe
Finance
What explains Cameron’s embrace of Islamic finance?
Over the past few months, Britain’s Conservative Party has shifted its position on immigration to retain supporters, who seem inclined to side with the far-right UKIP. Now, in a gesture that seems