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SAUDI ARABIA: Ambivalence hinders Islamic finance
Although Islamic finance has become an industry with assets exceeding 240 billion dollars, the...
Saudi ArabiaSAUDI ARABIA: Islamic finance
The crackdown on Islamic militants following the bombings in Riyadh in May is likely to set back...
Saudi ArabiaMALAYSIA: Jemaah Islamiah denial
Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi denied yesterday that his country was harbouring terrorists...
MalaysiaSOUTH-EAST ASIA: Trade pressures spur banking reforms
Recent liberalisation suggests that governments are starting to believe that greater...
ASEAN: Burma to test new interventionism
Burma's drive to suppress domestic opposition has intensified a debate over ASEAN's institutional...
AseanINDONESIA: Islamism poses growing danger
Police said yesterday that the suspected bomber of the Marriott Hotel on August 5 was a member of...
IndonesiaINDONESIA: Islamist threat
Police said yesterday that the suspected bomber of the Marriott Hotel on August 5 was a member of...
IndonesiaINDONESIA: Bashir demands
Prosecutors today demanded that cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual leader behind the...
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