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Fasting 'feel-good' factor impacts stock markets

A new international study investigating the correlation between the Islamic holy month of Ramadan - which begins next week (August 11/12) - and stock markets has discovered that the average stock market returns in predominantly ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Start of Ramadan could signal substantial stock gains

During the holy month of Ramadan, which starts next week, stock returns are almost nine times higher in predominately Muslim countries than during other times of the year, an indication that Ramadan positively affects investor ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bangladesh lifts Facebook ban

(AP) -- Bangladesh has lifted a weeklong ban on the social networking website Facebook imposed for a page urging people to draw images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, an official said Sunday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Facebook page that led to Pakistani ban removed

(AP) -- A Facebook page that was considered offensive to Islam and led to a Pakistani ban on the site has been removed, possibly by its creator.

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Internet blockade in Pakistan continues

(AP) -- Pakistan acknowledged the "suffering" caused by its bans on Facebook and YouTube, but said it would only consider restoring the websites if they take down pages considered offensive to Islam, the ...

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facing the future -- science in the Muslim world

Scientists in Islamic countries are often thought by those in the West to be languishing behind the rest of the world. Jim Al-Khalili tells Physics World readers what has been impeding scientific progress in the Islamic world ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Ethnic Minority Vote Stronger Than Ever But Massively Undervalued By Main Parties

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research just published by Professor Muhammad Anwar, from The University of Warwick’s Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, shows that ethnic minority votes will be more important than ever in the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

About 25 percent of Arabs in Greater Detroit reported abuse post Sept. 11

One quarter of Detroit-area Arab Americans reported personal or familial abuse because of race, ethnicity or religion since 9/11, leading to higher odds of adverse health effects, according to a new University of Michigan ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk

(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Arab Americans continue to face both stigma and acceptance

Arab and Muslim Americans continue to face an unusual degree of both discrimination and acceptance, according to a University of Michigan researcher who headed an in-depth study of the nation's most visible Arab and Chaldean ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook unplugs "I Hate Muslims in Oz" group

Facebook has done away with a Muslim-bashing group that had been set up at the popular social networking service.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Indonesian imams OK Facebook - but no flirting!

(AP) -- Muslim clerics debating the exploding popularity of Facebook in Indonesia said Friday that followers could use the networking site to connect with friends or for work - but not to gossip or flirt.

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indonesian clerics want rules for Facebook

(AP) -- Muslim clerics are seeking ways to regulate online behavior in Indonesia, saying the exploding popularity of social networking sites like Facebook could encourage illicit sex.

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2