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Blackhawks Trade Brrandon Saad To Avalanche In Four-Player Swap

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche acquired rugged winger Brandon Saad in a multiplayer trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. Colorado sent defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm to Chicago for Saad and defenseman Dennis Gilbert. The Blackhawks also will retain $1 million of Saad’s $6 million salary for next season.

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Qatar- Real estate, industrials and telecom counters witness high demand on QSE

(MENAFN – Gulf Times) Islamic equities on Monday outshone the conventional ones as the Qatar Stock Exchange settled in the positive trajectory.The real estate, industrials and telecom counters witnessed higher than average demand to lift the 20-stock Qatar Index marginally up 0.03% to 9,956.66 points, although it touched an intraday high of 9,969 points.The domestic…

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Malaysia Shariah Advisory Council Sees ‘Great Potential’ in Crypto; Unclear Laws Held Back Adoption

A Shariah Advisory Council chairman in Malaysia believes cryptocurrencies have great potential. The comments were made by Dr. Modh Daud Bakar, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) Shariah Advisory Council chairman. However, he also highlighted the challenges in adopting these digital assets, given the lack of understanding about the technology among the masses.

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Plenty of hard day’s nights ahead for Islamic State pair

Justice looms for the men charged with torturing innocents before killing them. BBC, October 7: Two ex-British alleged Islamic State suspects have been charged in the US with terrorism offences over the killing of four American hostages. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of belonging to an IS cell dubbed “The Beatles” involved…

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What are Sharia savings accounts and how do they work? 

This week saw challenger bank Gatehouse launch the first one-year savings rate to hit 2 per cent in more than 12 months.  The bank is Sharia-compliant and is one of a growing number of Sharia banks rising up This is Money’s independent best buy savings tables.

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Islamic Bank of the Year Awards 2020

The Banker’s Islamic Bank of the Year Awards for 2020 come at a bewildering time for the Islamic finance sector. Like their conventional counterparts, sharia-compliant lenders face a period of significant retrenchment in 2020 on account of the global coronavirus pandemic and its seismic impact on local and regional economies.

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