Category: Muslim World
UK-based Islamic charities donate $24.4bn a year to Good Causes
LONDON: Islamic charitable groups in the UK donated £20.2 billion ($24.4 billion) to local and international causes last year, according to an officia [...]
Egypt Reopens Historic Mosque After a Long Restoration
A 13th century mosque that fell into disrepair after being used over the years as a soap factory, a slaughterhouse, and a fort reopened in Cairo recen [...]
Indonesia becomes 3rd largest shareholder of the Islamic Development Bank
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has increased its shares in the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), making it the third-largest shareholder [...]
Islamic Development Bank signs 77 deals worth $1.4bn for projects in member countries
RIYADH: In a bid to address the ongoing global crises, the Islamic Development Bank Group signed 77 financing agreements worth SR5.4 billion ($1.44 bi [...]
Mataf Expansion Building in Grand Mosque named Saudi portico
MAKKAH: The Head of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques announced recently that the higher Saudi authorities have issued approval t [...]
ICIEC honored with GTR Leaders in Trade Award for Islamic Finance in Trade
Riyadh, KSA: The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), the insurance arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsD [...]
Dukhan Bank named ‘World’s Best Islamic Private Bank’
The Peninsula
Doha: Dukhan Bank has achieved another worldwide recognition for the outstanding quality of its private banking service by winning the [...]
Tipu Sultan’s sword makes 14 million at Bonhams
LONDON: May 22: Tipu Sultan's fabled bedchamber sword sold for £14 million at Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art sale in London on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. [...]
More than 22 million worshipers visited the Grand Mosque during Ramadan’s first 20 days
Makkah: General President of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and Prophet's Mosque Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais declared that the tot [...]
14th ‘Russia-Islamic World’ Int’l Economic Forum to Be Held in Tatarstan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The 14th edition of the International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic world” will be held in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Repu [...]