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Tunisia: arrest of lawmaker, journalist for insulting President

Tunisian security forces have detained a parliamentarian and a journalist of a local television on charges of plotting against the state, and insulting President Kais Saied. Abdellatif Alaoui, a lawmaker MP and former leader of el Karama coalition, (17 seats), announced on a Facebook post that he has been arrested at his residence on Sunday […]

‘Halal Economy’ in Global Markets: An Unstoppable Rise

The Islamic economy has for long been associated with the Islamic financial law. Based on the moral code and religious law of Islam – shari’a – Islamic banking requires very stringent capital requirements in loan markets, rejects interest rates, and promotes profit and loss sharing between the client and the bank according to the contract […]

Morocco: Attijariwafa Bank Eyes Takeover of Barclays’ Egypt Branch

Morocco’s leading banking group, Attijariwafa bank, has submitted a bid to take over British Barclay’s Egypt branch, a source close to the Moroccan institution told Reuters. The transaction has been estimated at $400 million. Barclay has decided to get rid of its Egypt’s branch as part of structural adjustment policy in a move to generate […]