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Odd One in the Pack: London, a New Hub for Islamic Finance?

New year 2014 will likely be very significant at least from the viewpoint of the London Stock Exchange, which stakes to become the world centre for Islamic finance. Earlier last year, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron announced the plan to issue sukuk – Islamic financial certificates often compared to Western bonds. The first sukuk certificate […]

King Mohammed VI Reiterates Africa’s Central Place in Morocco’s Foreign Policy

King Mohammed VI delivered, Saturday, a speech on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People in which he stressed Africa’s central place in Morocco’s foreign policy along with the Kingdom’s solidarity with sub-Saharan migrants and its condemnation of extremism and terrorism. Africa a top priority in Morocco’s […]

Paris attack leaves France in Trauma, places Europe on war footing

While France is embarking on a long journey to heal its wounds after the Friday terrorist onslaught that traumatized the country, the whole world is continuing expressing solidarity with the European State and condemning the outrageous attempt that left 132 people dead and more than 350 wounded, the highest casualties ever in a terror assault […]