-Indonesia MPs agree to pass Islamic banking bill
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
JAKARTA, June 5 (Reuters) - An Indonesian parliamentary working committee
agreed to pass a new bill on Sharia or Islamic banking into law, a
legislator said ...
<http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINJAK15211720080605>


EON Bank aims to draw further RM1.8bil in deposits
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Meanwhile, EONCAP Islamic Bank, a wholly owned unit of EON Bank, expects to
issue 70000 Islamic debit MasterCard cards within a year of the launch
yesterday ...
<http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/6/6/business/21445715&sec=business>

Ex-Dubai Islamic Bank VP held in bribe probe
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
DUBAI: Rifat al-Islam Usmani, a former vice president at Dubai Islamic
Bank, the largest Islamic lender in the United Arab Emirates, is being held
by Dubai ...
<http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=222830&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56>

Sector standardisation is key
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
Mukhtar Hussain, Global CEO at HSBC Amanah, says the Islamic market could
learn much from the conventional banking sector, with them contributing
knowledge ...
<http://www.ameinfo.com/159162.html>

A New Islamic Bank in Sight?
Africa Intelligence - France
The Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, which has just bought the National Bank of
Development in Egypt, has applied to Algeria's banking authorities for an
operating ...
<http://www.africaintelligence.com/MCE/detail/detail_articles/p_detail.asp?DOC_I_ID=43360747&Context=BOI&ContextInfos=chan_aia_country_ALGERIA&Service=BRE&CodeAffilie=A_INDIGO&searchtext=>


Former Dubai Islamic Bank head arrested
ArabianBusiness.com - Dubai,Umm al Qaiwain,United Arab Emirates
by Dylan Bowman on Thursday, 05 June 2008 FRAUD INVESTIGATION: A former
vice president of Dubai Islamic Bank has been detained as part of a police
.<http://www.arabianbusiness.com/521298-ex-dib-vice-president-faces-fraud-investigation?ln=en>


Gulf bank's India fund gets overwhelming response
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
Dubai, June 5: A prominent Islamic bank's India-based fund designed to
invest in the South Asian country's booming real estate market has received
an an ...
<http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Gulf-bank--s-India-fund-gets-overwhelming-response/319017/>



Lokmanch: Hindi website on Islamic aggression and psedo secularism ...
By jagoindia
Contact Mr. Tripathi at amitabhtri@gmail.com If you wish to support this venture, send your cheque in favour of "lokamnch media private limited" and postal address is Amitabh tripathi, 289 Bank Enclave, Laxmi Nagar Delhi-110092(INDIA)
<http://islamicterrorism.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/lokmanch-hindi-website-on-islamic-aggression-and-psedo-secularism-in-india/>
Islamic Terrorism in India
<http://islamicterrorism.wordpress.com>

What are the Dinar & Dirham
By Iwan gunawan(Iwan gunawan)
Source : http://www.islamicmint.com/islamicdinar/uses.html The Islamic Dinar is a specific weight of 22k gold equivalent to 4.25 grammes. The Islamic Dirham is a specific weightof pure silver equivalent to 3.0 grammes. ...
<http://bank-article.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-are-dinar-dirham.html>
BANK-ARTICLE
<http://bank-article.blogspot.com/>

Global Sharia Asset to Reach US$2 Trillion by 2010
By imran
JEDDAH: The Islamic Development Bank predicts global sharia financial asset grows by 20% per annum to US$2 trillion by 2010 from the current US$900 billion, thanks to oil price fluctuation and sub-prime mortgage crisis. ...
<http://imran.kifli.net/?p=42>



Food summit reaps financial donations
By kc wildmoon
Other pledges made during the summit included $1 billion from the African Development Bank; $1.5 billion over five years from France; $1.5 billion over five years from the Islamic Development Bank; $150 million from Japan; $100 million ...
<http://rss.cnn.com/~r/partners/synacor/cnnwire/~3/305666297/>
The CNN Wire
<http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com>

First Global wins consultancy bid for Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
First Global, a leading Sri Lanka-based Islamic investments and financial solutions provider has won a bid to drive Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank's (ADCB) venture into Islamic banking. -- Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:58:43 PM.
<http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=16938>