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		<title>Islamic finance revolution gains steam in Africa</title>
		<link>http://islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/islamic-finance-revolution-gains-steam-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Published 15/01/2011 With assets reaching the US$ 1 trillion, the growth of Islamic finance can no longer be ignored. It has outperformed conventional finance, expanding fourfold over the past three years. Many experts have even wondered whether the global financial crisis could have been averted by a financial system based on Shari’a principles. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=70&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zambia Taps into Islamic Finance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By  Danstan Asif Kaunda, IOL Correspondent           &#8220;The guidelines are intended to provide a broader framework for conducting Islamic banking services in the country,&#8221; Fundanga told IOL. LUSAKA – Zambia is tapping into the thriving Islamic finance industry by formulating guidelines for Shari`ah-compliant banking services for the first time, with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=68&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affordable Books</title>
		<link>http://islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/affordable-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of books written on this subject both by muslim and non-muslim scholars who studied the subject.  Most of the books are very expensive, though. I found this book which is cheap and covers the basics.  It was written for training bank professional in Pakistan.  Check @ http://www.al-rashad.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&#38;products_id=161  Guide to Islamic Banking Dr. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=65&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Success Story of Our Brothers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 08:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abdi Seid Ethiopia has approximately 22 times more muslim population than South Africa and five times more than Kenya muslim population.  Until now we don’t have an Islamic banking service. Though, there is one on the process-Zamzam Bank.  In South Africa with a muslim population of 1.5% there is one independent Islamic bank Albaraka operational [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=55&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican backs Islamic finance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 06:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[01 April, 2009 L’Osservatore Romano, a daily newspaper in the Vatican regarded as the mouthpiece of the Pope, has endorsed the values of Shari’ah-compliant finance as a solution to the problems in the world of conventional, interest-based finance. The paper suggested that the ethical foundations of Islamic finance should be adopted by conventional banks as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=53&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technical and Financial Assistance</title>
		<link>http://islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/technical-assitance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 05:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International fiance corporation is a part of world Bank group which provides financing and technical assistance to those who wants to set up Islamic Banks.  They have assisted the second Islamic bank ( Gulf African Bank) in Kenya with 10% equity.  According to the current regulation foreign investment isn&#8217;t allowed in banking business in our country. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=49&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scholarship</title>
		<link>http://islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/scholarship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 08:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿ Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies QFIS offers a number of prestigious scholarships for international students including:  His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Scholarships  Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned Scholarships  Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi Scholarships Scholarships endowed by honourable supporters of QFIS  http://www.qfis.edu.qa/files/pdf/QFIS_Scholarships%202009-2010.pdf Bank Negara Malaysia Shariah Scholarship Award The Shariah [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=44&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Educational Institutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 07:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysia is leading both in the number of Islamic financial Institutions and educational institutions. Education &#38; Research / Other educational Institutions    Bookmarks   Country     Institute of Halal Investing USA Sunni Path USA Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance UK Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies UK Academy for International Modern Studies UK Azhar Academy UK [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=42&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turning towards Mecca</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 8th 2008 &#124; JOHANNESBURG From The Economist print edition Islamic banks join in the race for Africa CHINA is not the only financial powerhouse with its hungry eye on Africa. Flush with oil wealth, the Gulf states, too, are spying profitable opportunities among the hundreds of millions of Muslims who live just a hop [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=40&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Links</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) is an Islamic international autonomous non-for-profit corporate body that prepares accounting, auditing, governance, ethics and Shari&#8217;a standards for Islamic financial institutions and the industry. Professional qualification programs (notably CIPA, the Shari’a Adviser and Auditor &#8220;CSAA&#8221;, and the corporate compliance program) are presented now by AAOIFI [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=islamicbankethiopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7504232&amp;post=38&amp;subd=islamicbankethiopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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