Is Murabaha Halal or haram? i.e. a person wants to purchase a piece of land, but is unable to pay its price, he turns to someone else for help who offers to buy it and register it under his own name and later sells it back to him at a higher price. Is this contract halal or not? Is the additional amount on top of the actual price of the…

News: May 5, 2014 (KHARTOUM) - A Sudanese court has sentenced a heavily pregnant Christian woman to death by hanging and 100 lashes after convicting her on charges of apostasy and adultery. Amnesty International has described the sentence as "truly abhorrent". (Sudan Tribune, May 15, 2014) Meriam Yehya Ibrahim is eight months pregnant and currently in detention with her 20-month-old son. Her death sentence was handed down after she refused…

News On the 11th of May, the Wall Street Journal reported that "the plight of Myanmar's stateless Rohingya minority was absent from official discussions during a biannual summit of Southeast Asian leaders this weekend, despite growing concern of the issue's regional implications". Comment The ASEAN Summit gathers regional leaders to discuss common issues of security, economic and social concern, and ASEAN includes three countries with a predominantly Muslim population that…

News: On 5nd May 2014, Women News Network (WNN) reported that the marginalized position of women and the lack of health services is leaving many women affected by the conflict with nowhere to go for support or employment when their husbands are killed. There are an estimated 3,000 widows in the region. Many are struggling with trauma. According to the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), a military unit in charge…