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Islamic Finance - a topic much debated these days. What does it mean? Is is a real alternative to conventional finance?  Or just an Abu Yu...

As reported in The National : A survey of more than 170 cards offered by 40 banks operating in the UAE shows the average annual interest r...

There is a lot of talk but relatively little action by so-called "Muslims" and "Islamic" countries to uphold Islam. Leg...

According to The National Ms. Hilal's new book. Divorce and Kholu’ Poetry: A Reading of the Status of Women in Tribal Society, Nabati ...

The princely sum of KD60 per month. Initially one might think that this was just yet another of those problems arising from poor translat...

Tonight marked the final competition in the Million's Poet 2010 contest.   Nasser AlAjami of Kuwait is the Million's Poet for 201...

شفت شر يتوايق من عيون الفتاوي ... في زمانٍ حلاله ملقحينه حرام .. عن وجوه الحقايق لارفعت الغطاوي  ..  بان مسخٍ تخفى تحت ستر اللثام .. وحشي ...

More on her life story.   Here . Sometimes the human spirit triumphs over oppression.   Often it does not. How many bright minds and ...

This from The National Abu Dhabi. Sort of breaks the Western stereotype about Muslim women. I particularly like this quote. Covering ...

Copyright The National Abu Dbabi Here's the article from The National with a translation of her poem.  So far I have been unable to f...

Copyright The National Newspaper Abu Dhabi Once again the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' intervention rights a wrong .  As a resu...

In reading this story , I am reminded of the story of the Prophet Shu'aib who God sent to the People of Maydan.  I don't see any e...

A saddening revelation that in a "Muslim" country women have to be afraid to go out of their homes and ride in taxis.  Perhap...

Inadvertently it seems the The National in Abu Dhabi has shown Arab women a way to break the jahilliya inspired oppression of women in Arab...

This news item doesn't need much comment. It's not a proper name. The label "Manifest Absurdity" says it all.

Saleh is of course correct. Sadly, the courts in many "Muslim" countries do not.

باسم الله الرحمـٰن الرحيم وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ   صدّق الله العظي...