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RSS Lawyers (5)

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2011-08-06 Straightway Ethical Class on Seekers Guidance None
2010-10-31 How the Banks Put the Economy Underwater (NYT Op-Ed) None
2010-06-04 Check out Shaykh Hud Bradford's Blog None
2009-06-27 Registration is open! None
2009-06-08 More Details on the NYC Bar CLE event None

RSSAAOIFI (6)

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2011-08-06 Straightway Ethical Class on Seekers Guidance None
2010-10-06 Controlling Fatwa would harm Islamic Finance (Reuters) None
2010-07-28 UFANA Islamic Finance Conference on March 30-31, 2010 (VIDEO) None
2009-06-27 Registration is open! None
2009-05-19 8th Annual Conference of AAOIFI Shari`a Conference 3
2009-05-13 On-line courses on shari`a compliant finance 1

RSSaccounting (2)

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2011-08-06 Straightway Ethical Class on Seekers Guidance None
2011-02-03 US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages (Forbes) None

RSSArab Spring/uprisings/rebellions (1)

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2011-09-04 Gadhafi’s exit to spur Libya’s Shariah banking (Bloomberg) None

RSSBanks & Financial intermediation (4)

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2011-08-11 European nations ban short selling None
2011-08-06 Straightway Ethical Class on Seekers Guidance None
2011-06-27 Bank Negara launches new Islamic monetary management instrument, BNMN-Istithmar None
2011-02-03 US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages (Forbes) None

RSSCourse Platfrom (1)

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2009-06-27 Registration is open! None

RSSCourses (5)

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2011-08-06 Straightway Ethical Class on Seekers Guidance None
2009-07-02 Registration Extension! None
2009-06-27 Registration is open! None
2009-06-17 Course Registration Delay None
2009-06-03 Announcement - Third Straightwayethical Summer Short Course for Lawyers None

RSSCurrency trading/FOREX (1)

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2011-08-07 Forex Trading None

RSSEducation/Training (2)

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2011-09-21 Al-Madinah Int'l University None
2011-09-11 Durham Islamic Finance Program None

RSSEvent (7)

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2012-02-04 10th Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance None
2011-10-07 Mufti Abdullah Nana speaking at Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Ctr (Oct 9th) None
2011-04-14 American Islamic Finance Project - Imams' Training May 2-5 None
2011-04-04 SHURUQ 2011: From Prophets to Profits - Islamic Finance (NYU - Thursday, April 7, 7:00pm - 9:00pm) None
2009-06-08 More Details on the NYC Bar CLE event None
2009-04-30 NY Bar Continuing Legal Education None
2009-04-30 Fiqh of Personal Finance @ MIT None

RSSConferences (8)

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2011-08-23 Shari`a in America: Principles and Prospects (NY Law School) None
2011-04-14 American Islamic Finance Project - Imams' Training May 2-5 None
2011-03-31 4th UC Berkley Islamic Finance Conference None
2010-07-28 UFANA Islamic Finance Conference on March 30-31, 2010 (VIDEO) None
2010-05-26 2010 NASABA Convention and Islamic Finance None
2010-02-07 Introductory Islamic Financial Ethics: An Intensive on the Basic Fiqh of Financial Transactions None
2009-10-10 Islamic Council of New England (ICNE) Conference None
2009-04-29 Milken Global Con - Video None

RSSIntensive (3)

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2009-06-27 Registration is open! None
2009-06-03 Announcement - Third Straightwayethical Summer Short Course for Lawyers None
2009-04-30 Fiqh of Personal Finance @ MIT None

RSSFatawa (7)

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2011-03-14 Sh Dr Sadiq al-Ghiryani on Rotating Saving and Credit Association (ROSCA) None
2011-02-24 Dr. Ahmad `Abd al-`Alim `Abd al-Azim - "Realities Surrounding the Criticisms of the [OIC Fiqh Academy's] Resolution on Organized and Reverse Tawarruq" (OIC Fiqh Academy Website) None
2010-10-22 A new addition to the Straightway Ethical Library: Shariah Opinions (Fatwa) On Murabaha. None
2010-10-06 Controlling Fatwa would harm Islamic Finance (Reuters) None
2010-05-16 Question: Is leasing a car permissible? None
2010-02-07 Introductory Islamic Financial Ethics: An Intensive on the Basic Fiqh of Financial Transactions None
2010-01-17 Dealing with Pawn Shops None

RSSFinancial Crisis (9)

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2011-08-06 Noribatrade.com None
2011-02-03 US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages (Forbes) None
2010-12-22 Toby Birch on Challenges in the Shari`ah compliant Finance Sector 5
2010-11-30 "Restructuring of Islamic Finance Transactions in the Middle East" summarizes issues nicely None
2010-11-16 Reselling Debt Discourages Debt Relief None
2010-10-31 How the Banks Put the Economy Underwater (NYT Op-Ed) None
2010-10-06 IMF study concludes that Shari`ah-Compliant Banks showed "Stronger Resilience" to the Financial Crisis None
2010-07-11 Michael Greenberger Testimony at the FCIC None
2010-05-26 Repost of College Newspaper's Article on Sh. Taha's Lecture: “Islamic Finance: Islamic Solution to Global Financial Crisis" 5

RSSGeneral (8)

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2011-08-06 Straightway Ethical Class on Seekers Guidance None
2010-10-06 IMF study concludes that Shari`ah-Compliant Banks showed "Stronger Resilience" to the Financial Crisis None
2010-09-19 Towards Saving and Investing in a Halal Manner: A Few Steps None
2010-09-09 Straightway Associate on Environmental Consciousness None
2010-06-02 Khaleej Times: B-Schools Banking on Islamic Principles None
2010-05-26 Repost of College Newspaper's Article on Sh. Taha's Lecture: “Islamic Finance: Islamic Solution to Global Financial Crisis" 5
2010-05-16 Question: Is leasing a car permissible? None
2009-06-27 Registration is open! None

RSSHarvard (1)

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2012-02-04 10th Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance None

RSSHedge Funds (4)

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2010-12-22 Toby Birch on Challenges in the Shari`ah compliant Finance Sector 5
2010-10-11 The Impact of Islamic Finance on Economic Development None
2010-10-11 Sisterhood in Islamic Finance (Rushdi Siddiqui - Thomson Reuters) None
2009-07-11 Hedge funds are making use of independent ethics boards None

RSSLiquidity management (1)

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2011-06-27 Bank Negara launches new Islamic monetary management instrument, BNMN-Istithmar None

RSSMedia (2)

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2010-05-25 Straightway Ethical mentioned in Yasaar Media Report None
2009-05-12 Quoted in al-Sharq al-Awsat None

RSSOIC (2)

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2011-02-24 Dr. Ahmad `Abd al-`Alim `Abd al-Azim - "Realities Surrounding the Criticisms of the [OIC Fiqh Academy's] Resolution on Organized and Reverse Tawarruq" (OIC Fiqh Academy Website) None
2009-05-13 Dr. Abdul-Aziz Khalfa al-Qassar on the recent OIC FA resolution on Tawarruq None

RSSPapers (1)

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2010-01-10 The Current Financial Crisis From the Perspective of the Islamic Ethico-Legal Tradition (Fiqh): Causes and Solutions 5

RSSRiba (6)

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2011-08-11 European nations ban short selling None
2011-08-07 Forex Trading None
2011-08-06 Straightway Ethical Class on Seekers Guidance None
2011-05-26 New Q&A None
2011-02-24 Dr. Ahmad `Abd al-`Alim `Abd al-Azim - "Realities Surrounding the Criticisms of the [OIC Fiqh Academy's] Resolution on Organized and Reverse Tawarruq" (OIC Fiqh Academy Website) None
2011-02-03 US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages (Forbes) None

RSSShort Selling (2)

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2011-08-11 European nations ban short selling None
2011-07-23 Egyptian Stock Market Awaits the Decision of the Mufti of Egypt on Short Selling None

RSSShuyukh (8)

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2011-10-07 Mufti Abdullah Nana speaking at Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Ctr (Oct 9th) None
2011-09-21 Al-Madinah Int'l University None
2011-04-14 Mufti Abdullah Nana joins Straightway Ethical None
2010-10-19 Mufti Hassan Kaleem's Page at Deloitte None
2010-10-06 Controlling Fatwa would harm Islamic Finance (Reuters) None
2010-09-09 Straightway Associate on Environmental Consciousness None
2010-07-28 UFANA Islamic Finance Conference on March 30-31, 2010 (VIDEO) None
2010-06-04 Check out Shaykh Hud Bradford's Blog None

RSSSocial Media (2)

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2010-10-24 New Straightway Ethical Twitter Account None
2010-05-22 Facebook Page None

RSSTawarruq (2)

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2011-08-19 Tawarruq-based personal financing software uses airtime as underlying commodity None
2011-02-24 Dr. Ahmad `Abd al-`Alim `Abd al-Azim - "Realities Surrounding the Criticisms of the [OIC Fiqh Academy's] Resolution on Organized and Reverse Tawarruq" (OIC Fiqh Academy Website) None

RSSUncategorized (23)

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2011-06-13 Possible Structures for the IILM Liquidity Instrument None
2011-04-23 Shari`a compliant finance in post-Mubarak Egypt None
2011-03-08 Sh Dr Mohamed Daud Bakar calling for "innovation" None
2011-03-04 Are some forms of High Frequency Trading problematic ? None
2011-01-17 Sh Dr Mohammed Elgari on the politics of the "Shari`ah Governance" debate None
2011-01-14 Ustadh Abdullah Ali's translation of Sh Dr Muhammad al-Ta'wil's fatwa on zakat None
2011-01-13 More Coverage of the "Shariah Governance" Issue None
2011-01-03 Sh Abdul-Sattar Abu Ghuddah - "The Applications of Forward Leases" None
2010-11-29 Proposed SWIFT standardization of commodity murabahah messaging may actually support Shariah compliance None
2010-11-18 Problems with Conventional Microfinance Exposed, Redux None
2010-10-13 Introductory Guide to Islamic Finance (in French) None
2010-10-11 Establishment ofInternational Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) is a big relief None
2010-10-05 A Brief Look at Ikhtilaf: Diversity of Ijtihad in Islamic Finance (Lex Islamicus, Opalesque) None
2010-10-05 Wall Street is selling complex securities to yield-hungry investors who may have no idea how they work (Businessweek) None
2010-08-19 Question: Offsetting the Effects of Inflation None
2010-08-14 UAE Zakat Funds launches Zakat ATMs/Kiosks! None
2010-08-12 Mufti Ikram ul Haq (Straightway Ethical Associate) Answers a Question About Variable Life Insurance None
2010-07-30 Check out Ustadh Hud Bradford's Zakat Workshop None
2010-06-12 Muhammad Ayub on Islamic Financial Theory and Derivatives None
2010-06-01 Reuters article on "up-and-coming" Shari`ah experts None
2010-05-25 Germany government may expand the scope of its modest ban on 'naked short-selling' None
2010-05-24 Converting Conventional Banks to Shari`a Compliant Banks 5
2009-05-01 Ontario Bar Event None

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