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Tunisia: 1st Sukuk to be issued in September, Finance Minister

“This time there will be no delay and we will issue a $140 million sukuk in September.” These were the words of the Finance Minister Hakim Ben Hammouda. Tunisia announced that it was going to issue a sukuk but the deadline has expired four months ago. The minister has promised that September will be the […]

Islamic law and human rights: do they mix? (part I)

There is an ideological dichotomy between international human rights law and Islamic law, which may explain the numerous human rights abuses in the Muslim world. On August 19, the faculty of law of Buenos Aires University presented the first international code of human rights published by Thomson Reuters. It gathers all the rights, declarations and […]

Rabat & Belgrade Agree to Step up Cooperation in Trade, Tourism & Culture

The Moroccan and Serbian governments have agreed to strengthen cooperation in trade, tourism and culture with the signing of deals in these fields. These agreements were sealed on the sidelines of the 2nd session of the Morocco-Serbia joint committee convened Wednesday in Rabat. The first agreement aims to facilitate and develop long-term trade in goods […]