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New York Times
Refugee Farmers Find Solace in a Floodplain
New York Times
Wearing African wrapped textile skirts and down jackets, Burundian and Somali Bantu farmers gather daily on the industrial edge of Burlington known as the Intervale, where the soil is made fertile by the fickle pearl-grey river.

Islamist ascendancy casts shadow on Tunisian Jews
Jerusalem Post
“There will eventually be a one-state solution the same way it happened in South Africa. It is inevitable.” The group, consisting of human rights activists and policy wonks, is curious to learn about public opinion in Israel. They ask what will happen ...

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Tunisia Live
Malaysia Shows Interest in Developing Tunisia's Halal Industry
Tunisia Live
“Tunisia can be a platform for the development and export of Halal industries for the Muslim community in Europe and Africa,” said Hanadzlah during a press conference attended by the two ministers in Tunis. According to TAP, Malaysia's exports in the ...

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Christian Science Monitor
West African group mulls intervention in Mali
Christian Science Monitor
Amadou Sanogo load trucks with supplies including halal military rations, a cot, and a mattress, outside the parachutists camp after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1. The West African regional bloc ...

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Islam Arrives in the Basque Country
Gatestone Institute
Hailing mostly from Algeria, Morocco, Pakistan and sub-Saharan Africa, Muslims in the Basque region have become increasingly assertive in recent years. In May 2011, for example, more than 2500 radical Muslims gathered in the Basque town of Trápaga for ...

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Medicine Containing Alcohol: Ok for a Muslim?
Onislam.net
Is it halal or haram to take it and also about perfume and beauty products containing alcohol? Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and ...

GCC should look East for investment: Malaysia PM
Saudi Gazette
But with the direction of trade of the GCC and perhaps the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region shifting to the East, with Saudi, Kuwaiti and Abu Dhabi oil exports mainly going to East Asia, it is only logical that foreign direct investment (FDI) ...

Businesses bullish on the prospects for Shari'ah-compliant products ...
CPI Financial
In three years' time, respondents see largely the same trend: around 62 per cent selected the Arabian Gulf countries, while 41 per cent picked North Africa and 38 per cent see growth in demand coming from South Asia. Halal food and Islamic finance are ...

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Wall Street Journal
Muslims on 'No-Fly' List Claim Harassment
Wall Street Journal
One is Mustafa Elogbi, 60, who operates a halal food service in Oregon and whose wife is the principal at the mosque's religious school. Mr. Elogbi said he learned he was on a no-fly list when he attempted to return to Portland after a visit to Libya ...

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Zawya (registration) (press release)
Largest Burger King restaurant in Saudi Arabia opens in Riyadh
Zawya (registration) (press release)
Till date, Hana International has developed more than 270 restaurants in the Middle East and North Africa region, with Olayan directly operating over 170 restaurants across 5 markets, including 65 restaurants in Saudi Arabia and 60 in the UAE.

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PHL wants a significant part of $661-B Halal market
GMA News
The Middle East accounts for 47.8 percent of the global Halal market, with Asia Pacific accounting for 24.1 percent, Sub-Saharan Africa, 7 percent, and Europe, 1.6 percent, Department of Trade and Industry data showed. Focusing on the $418-billion ...

Nuclear program
Philippine Star
“It's not halal to go nuclear,” Ambassador Mohammadi told STAR editors during a visit to our office recently. “For us this is very important.” He emphasized that Islam prohibits the use of nuclear power for defense purposes. And since Iran's President ...

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Ahram Online
Algeria ask FIFA to move World Cup qualifiers from 'insecure' Mali
Ahram Online
Amadou Sanogo load trucks with supplies including halal military rations, a cot, and a mattress, outside the parachutists camp after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali (Photo: AP) Algeria have asked FIFA to move their ...

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Kuwait Times
Kuwaiti students in US Increases by 23% in 2011
Kuwait Times
The coordinator for Middle East and North Africa, currently visiting Kuwait to administer 'Education Fair' scheduled today [May 8, from 7pm onwards] at the Kuwait Graduate Society in Bneid Al-Ghar, said that the figures obtained from the Institute of ...

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Austin American-Statesman
Junta claims control of Mali capital, arrests 100s
Austin American-Statesman
Amadou Sanogo load a truck with halal military rations outside the parachutists camp, after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. After fierce fighting in Mali's capital Tuesday, troops loyal to ...

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Junta claims control of Mali capital, arrests 100s
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Amadou Sanogo load a truck with halal military rations outside the parachutists camp, after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. After fierce fighting in Mali's capital Tuesday, troops loyal to ...

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Junta claims control of Mali capital, arrests 100s
STLtoday.com
Amadou Sanogo load a truck with halal military rations outside the parachutists camp, after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. After fierce fighting in Mali's capital Tuesday, troops loyal to ...

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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Junta claims control of Mali capital, arrests 100s
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Amadou Sanogo load trucks with supplies including halal military rations, a cot, and a mattress, outside the parachutists camp after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. After fierce fighting in ...

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Junta claims control of Mali capital, arrests 100s
San Jose Mercury News
Amadou Sanogo load a truck with halal military rations outside the parachutists camp, after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. After fierce fighting in Mali's capital Tuesday, troops loyal to ...

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Mazaya Qatar CEO tells Global Services Forum about the prospects for the ...
AME Info
In the Middle East and North Africa alone, he said, the Islamic Banking industry was already worth $416bn in 2010, but by 2015 that figure is expected to jump nearly 140 per cent, to $990bn, including $291bn in Saudi Arabia, $156bn in the UAE and ...

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