By Fiona Reddan Irish Times Deal will give co-op access to world’s fifth largest dairy import market The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) is to invest €20 million in a number of projects in Saudi Arabia, opening the door of the world’s fifth ...
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Global peace impossible without fair deal for the poor, says IDB President
Courtesy of Premium Times “The world certainly cannot be at peace with itself when about one-third of us are poor,” says the president of Islamic Development Bank. The President, Islamic Development Bank, IDB, Ahmad Ali, said on Wednesday that the world can ...
Read More »Opinon: London’s Mecca rich: the rise of the Muslim multi-millionaires
By Joshi Herrmann and Phoebe Luckhurst – Evening Standard As David Cameron declares the city open for Islamic business, Joshi Herrmann reports on the rise of the Muslim multi-millionaires splashing their cash around the capital “Islamic finance is already playing a major role in ...
Read More »Indonesia: Govt’ to Establish Halal Industrial Region in 2015
Courtesy of TEMPO TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Dedi Mulyadi, Director General of Industrial Regions Development at the Ministry of Industry, estimated that the halal industrial region will be established in 2015. He also informed that the government will stipulate a standardization ...
Read More »UK: Muslims Add Over £31 Billion To UK Economy
By Asa Bennett Huffington Post UK British Muslims contribute more than £31 billion to the UK economy and wield a spending power of £20.5 billion, a new report has found. The paper from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) was ...
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