The effects of the global financial crisis are also being felt on the stock markets of the Arab world. It is no surprise, therefore, that finding ways out of the current crisis was at the top of the agenda at the recent World Islamic Economic Forum in Jakarta. Does "Islamic Banking" have the answer? Peter Philipp reports
Alcohol and Islam are generally considered to be mutually exclusive, but people do drink in the Muslim world. Alfred Hackensberger says that, even though most Muslims consider alcohol to be something negative, there's another tradition dating from a more tolerant period
👋 Hay! Welcome to Monday, where Ukraine claims responsibility for a new attack on Crimea bridge, Iran’s infamous “morality police” are back on the streets, and Rome’s Colosseum is defaced, again. Meanwhile, Alfred Hackensberger in German daily Die Welt looks at how the seemingly slow progress of Ukr.
For years, Hizbollah has been trading Lebanese-produced heroin and cocaine for Israeli military secrets. Alfred Hackensberger reports from Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, a hub of the drugs trade