The U.S. government has shown little interest in chasing domestic or international investment in Sharia-compliant products.
Another factor that impedes victims from coming forward is some interpretations of Sharia, or Islamic law.
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After Nuland weighed in, the reference to Ansar al-Sharia was scrubbed from the account.
They remain devoutly Muslim, even if their opinions vary on things like sharia law.
And even a casual look at the record of sharia banking proves that beyond doubt.
In Oklahoma, they want to forbid state courts from making reference to Islamic Sharia law.
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The central bank recently issued regulations to monitor Sharia institutions and help them manage liquidity.
Among them is the question of the role that sharia, or Islamic law, will play.
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He directed us instead to the Sharia court, which provided the necessary piece of paper.
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It is easy to see why the word sharia has emotional overtones, especially today.
The practice of sharia-based family law both reflects and to an extent mitigates that conservatism.
Rowan Williams was right to say that aspects of sharia law are already accommodated in Britain.
Sharia has been most consistently applied in those societies without a significant non-Muslim population.
But Meyer and his sharia compliance officer, Sheikh Yusuf DeLorenzo, say they have cracked the code.
But that turned out not to be good enough for Ontarians who were nervous of sharia.
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The Sharia stipulation banning interest, though, is the one that poses the most problems for modern finance.
Turkey is a Muslim country but it is not ruled by Sharia and it never will be.
The Jakarta Stock Exchange has just added a Sharia index of 30 companies that follow Islamic teachings.
Bangladesh is considered a democratic and moderate Muslim country, and national law forbids the practice of sharia.
Sharia-compliant property funds, in particular, are increasingly being used in the U.K. and are promoted by many institutions.
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Sharia does, and it is Islamic law alone that all good Muslims, wherever they may live, must follow.
Not so much as an extra credit clinic for representing impoverished Muslims in a Sharia court of law.
In October 2012 Bostom published his third compendium Sharia versus Freedom: The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism (Prometheus Books).
Finance that complies with Sharia, or Islamic law, is still a niche within the ethical investing niche.
As a result, the top scholars can sit on anywhere from 10 to 40 "Sharia compliance" boards each.
Since interest is forbidden under Sharia law, companies enter sale-and-leaseback arrangements with trusts that issue certificates called sukuks.
"The new generation are impressionable, " Maulvi Mohammed Seddiq, former adviser on Sharia law to the Supreme Court says.
Sharia, or Islamic religious law, covers many aspects of daily life, including family, sexuality, hygiene and social issues.
SHARIA, the Islamic code of behaviour and law, has become an electric term in the language of politics.
Some Saudi clerics have criticised allowing women onto the Shura Council, saying it was against Sharia (Islamic law).
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