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Muslims have been considering how their ‘Zakat’ charitable obligations during Ramadan delivers an obligation to supporting Muslim refugees from Ukraine, forced from their home by the Russian invasion of their country.

The war has prompted the largest refugee crises that Europe has experienced this century, even larger than the impact of the war in Syria.…

After two years of strict travel restrictions, international borders are finally opening for quarantine-free travel, coinciding with the month of Ramadan. But to what extent will the escalation of oil prices and disruption of air travel caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affect Muslim travellers’ plans?…

The sale and consumption of halal products, including food and beauty products, in Mozambique are growing, the president of the Halal Commission of Mozambique (Comissão Halal de Moçambique – https://halalmoz.com/) has told Salaam Gateway.

Maulana Ibraimo Issa said Mozambique halal traders and manufacturers were profiting from a global market expected by Germany statistics company Statista to grow from USD1.4 trillion in 2017 to around USD2.6 trillion by 2024, (https://www.statista.com/topics/4428/global-halal-market/#topicHeader__wrapper).…

With the Islamic finance sector growing fast – with global turnover valued at USD2.2 trillion, according to S&P Global Ratings’ Islamic Finance Outlook 2022 Edition, with a projected 12% growth between 2021 and 2022 – demand for higher education courses on the topic are growing fast.…

Halal certification systems are many and varied worldwide, but if they have one uniting feature, it is their use of logos, affixed to products, buildings and publicity, to promote the importance of their guidelines.

These symbols are important to certification bodies, and time and imagination is spent on making them distinct, even if their designs are not universally popular.…

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) paint market has had a difficult past two years, but the sector is gradually rebounding, driven especially by major development projects and growth in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

“It has been tough period. Covid-19 had a significant impact on the MENA.…

AML/CFT experts continue to assess the increasing potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to scrutinise the mass of data screened by AML obliged organisations, such as banks, financial institutions and casinos, boosting effectiveness – a key goal of FATF.   …

Since the Taliban’s takeover last August (2021), Afghanistan’s AML/CFT regime has effectively been put on pause, while the country’s money laundering and terrorist financing risks mount amid international isolation.

The website of Afghanistan’s financial intelligence unit (FIU) is no longer active online.…

Pakistan textile and clothing industry has witnessed many advances and retreats during the last 10 years. With the country operating a less draconian set of lockdowns than neighbouring countries in south Asia, it has leveraged recent investment by increasing clothing and textile exports.…

A former UK-based Coca-Cola Enterprises manager has been convicted of accepting over GBP1.5 million (USD1.96 million) in bribes between January 2004 and August 2013 in return for leaking confidential and sensitive information to potential electrical and engineering contractors. They were the Boulting Group (now WABGS Ltd), as well as Tritec Systems and Electron Systems – both part of the Tritec Group – giving them the edge over rivals in bidding for contracts.…