Earlier, Mehbooba told reporters in Srinagar that the image of Taliban in its first term was against humanity and human rights, 'this time ...

Shiv Sena member Chandrakant Khaire expressed himself against allowing an Islamic window saying this banking system was based on Sharia law.

The new standard, which will allow banks to issue Sharia compliant gold products, should help ease much of the confusion and hesitation.

The current penetration of Islamic banking in the region stands at 21.4 per cent and represents a 14.6 per cent share of the global market.

UN warned educated women, particularly those who have run for elections, that they risk executions, cruel and inhuman punishments from the ...

Over the issue of 'Love Jihad' raised by right wing outfits, All India Muslim Personal Law Board has decided to remove misconceptions among...

The Taliban has said it is fighting for implementing the Islamic sharia law in Pakistan and the purpose behind talks with the government wa...

Outgoing Governor Duvuuri Subbarao, who is retiring on September 4, had earlier said that Islamic banking was not possible in the country.

Saudi Arabia is planning to build a city exclusively for women in a bid to encourage career oriented females within its strict Sharia law.

A director of the company told ET that the board is weighing legal options to obtain a stay on the regulator's decision to cancel the certi...

Islamic seminary Darul-Uloom Deoband said videography of 'nikah' can't be produced as an evidence of the marriage & would be considered ill...

Islamic finance refers to a financial system that is consistent with the principles of Sharia, the sacred law of Islam.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that he would ask RBI to take a look at the demand for establishing Islamic banking in Indi...

Deoband's fatwa says that insurance went against tenets of Islam.

Amnesty estimates that between 250,000 and 500,000 people have fled their homes since late 2007, when the Taliban revolt began in Swat. Al-...

Malaysian court threw out a bid by a Hindu woman to stop her estranged husband from converting their youngest son to Islam.

According to Mr Hassan, Islamic financing is the most equitable form of financing since it enables the creation of wealth without fuelling ...