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...Gas-rich Qatar boasts a collection shown across a broad range of museums, from modern art to Islamic antiquities, overseen by the emir’s sister, Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad al-Thani....
...Analysts believe that other Islamist groups from al-Qaeda to the Uyghur Turkistan Islamic Party also have a presence inside Afghanistan....
...According to Israeli officials, 170 militants from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been killed while the IDF said 500 militants were among the 800 people detained, including senior field commanders...
...Even if a ceasefire can be reached, the task to rebuild Gaza’s education system, the foundation for any future development, is colossal....
...The holding company was in turn owned by Salman Dawood Salman al-Ameri and Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan....
...Saeed Montazer Al-Mahdi, spokesperson for the national police force, said on Sunday: “As of today, the police will have no other choice but to legally deal with those who are heedless of their dress code...
...An al-Qaeda affiliate has blocked roads and waterways into Timbuktu, a Unesco World Heritage Site and cradle of Islamic scholarship, since the middle of last month, when it declared war on Mali’s ruling...
...the anger of a nation led by the most far-right government in its history that is bent on revenge and restoring its deterrent after suffering the deadliest attack on Israeli soil since the Jewish state’s foundation...
...“If you have somebody on Al Jazeera saying ‘no, Israel lost the war, or it was a tie, it’s not clear who won’, we have a problem,” Danon says....
...That is not to deny that the foundation of Israel created other, Arab, refugees....
...Dojo is designed to process visual data that can lay the foundation for vision-based AI models such as robotics, healthcare and security....
...But I was unprepared for what Abd al-Qadir told me next. “The djinn have to protect this courtyard because this is al-Dar al-Beida, this is the White House.”...
...Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia have threatened legal action against streaming group Netflix if it continues to broadcast shows they deem un-Islamic....
...Among his portfolio of roles, Sheikh Jassim chairs QInvest, an investment bank and asset manager formed in 2007, as well the Qatar Islamic Bank, in which the Qatar Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth...
...Sheikh Jassim, chair of Qatar Islamic Bank, emphasised plans to bolster Manchester United’s balance sheet and ageing infrastructure....
...Luna al-Shibl A former Al Jazeera news anchor, Shibl has helped craft the Assad regime’s public image as the most senior government press official....
...The sale will support the Al Thani Collection Foundation....
...“This is the right time to transition to a new leader who will build Biogen’s next chapter on the strong foundation existing today,” he added....
...(Patrick Temple-West) Islamic bond issuers show growing interest in ESG principles ESG-linked sukuk — a kind of Islamic bond, compliant with the religion’s prohibition on profits from interest — remains...
...A further $2mn flowed into the Wootton Cricket account in April 2013 from Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al-Nahyan, a member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family, government minister and chair of Pakistan’s Bank Alfalah...
...“We will continue the partnership [with BlackRock] as long as necessary to ensure that the fund is built on a solid foundation.”...
...Sheikha Al Mayassa was in her early 20s when she was tasked with creating a museum of Islamic art by her father, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former emir of Qatar and the man who founded Al Jazeera, established...
...Friday Islamic New Year (Al-Hijra) 1444 begins UK, members of the Communication Workers Union employed by BT and Openreach are set to strike for 24 hours in a row over pay....
...Al-Azhar, a prestigious Islamic religious institution that is influential across the Sunni Muslim world, has also weighed in....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 9 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
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