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		<title>Islamic banks never invest in pork, alcohol and tobacco</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s Finance Ministry is working on legal acts to sign an unusual investment agreement with the United Arab Emirates. Mutual investments will avoid taxation, whereas the Arabs will not have their profit taxed. However, the documents encourage only state-run corporations and funds. The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the UAE &#8220;About [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibfn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5148470&amp;post=644&amp;subd=ibfn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic priority banking launched in Pakistan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan (DIBP) has launched the country’s first Islamic priority banking solution, offering customers ’a gateway to an exquisite banking experience’ A statement from the bank said DIBP&#8217;s specially designed priority lounges will provide its customers with a hassle-free banking experience with its dedicated relationship managers. Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan is offering both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibfn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5148470&amp;post=588&amp;subd=ibfn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic finance in the Middle East: Progress despite confusion and lack of information</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamic finance in the Middle East: Progress despite confusion and lack of information Estimates vary of the size and growth rates of assets held internationally under Islamic finance, but suggest that Islamic finance is a rapidly growing industry. While it represents a small proportion of the global finance market (estimated at 1%- 5% of global [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibfn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5148470&amp;post=582&amp;subd=ibfn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Banking: Developed by Indians, flourishing in other countries</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A professional researcher on India-centric socio economic and political databases Shafeeq Rahman while stating that the core system of the interest-free banking, widely termed as the Islamic Banking System, is developed by economists of the Indian subcontinent expressed surprise over the fact that the region has gained nothing from it. &#8220;The conceptual framework of Islamic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibfn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5148470&amp;post=579&amp;subd=ibfn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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