Africa

  Recent weeks witnessed strong split among South Africa’s Muslim community over a new bill seeking to regulate Islamic marriages, providing legislation for Muslims according to both constitutional gender equality and the dynamism of Islamic Jurisprudence, or Fiqh. A number of unknown groups started to circulate pamphlets at mosques as well as text messages and…

VOA news has reported that, adding that the decision has split the country’s religious leaders. Islamic banking is an interest-free banking system that abides by the Shariah law which also prohibits investing in businesses that provide goods or services that violate Islamic principles. Islamic Banking involves profit sharing which is termed “Mudarabah”, as well as…