- “Indonesia is tightening its grip on cosmetics compliance with new halal documentation requirements and enforcement against unregistered products.”
- “Muslim theologian and Islamic studies scholar Rana Alsoufi has been appointed to the German Ethics Council.“
- “To promote awareness about the complementarity of IHL [International Humanitarian Law] and Islamic law of war to a wider audience, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Philippines has collaborated with academic and religious institutions in recent years to translate key publications, originally written in Arabic, into several local languages.”
- “Towfiqul Islam Khan, senior research fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), told The Business Standard that banks’ strong appetite for sukuk was driven by the opportunity to earn a fixed return without taking investment risk.”
- “The Securities Commission Malaysia has issued a new Guidance Note on Sukuk to strengthen the alignment of Islamic bond issuances with Maqasid al-Shariah, the higher objectives of Islamic law.”
- “Uzbekistan has established an Islamic Finance Council under the Central Bank to coordinate the development, regulation, and supervision of Islamic finance as the country continues expanding Islamic financial services.”