LONDON: A lack of choice in Britain’s halal pensions market poses an existential financial risk to hundreds of thousands of Muslims across the UK, according to one of the nation’s leading Islamic finance experts. Ibrahim Khan, co-founder of Islamic Finance Guru an advisory service dedicated to helping Muslims make smart financial decisions told Arab News that despite wider
BEIRUT: Lebanon is witnessing shortages in medicines, fuel and other basic goods, with long lines forming outside petrol stations on Thursday. The country has been grappling with an unprecedented economic and financial crisis that has seen the local currency collapse and banks clamp down on withdrawals and money transfers. Ongoing political contacts have not reached a
RIYADH: The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) ended the first phases of the joint and mixed air exercise “Tuwaiq 2” with other Arab countries, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense said on Thursday. Lt. Gen. Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, RSAF commander, praised the harmony he witnessed between the air and technical crews from friendly countries, the enthusiasm and perseverance to
LONDON: There was not a single moment when my passion for cricket suddenly developed. It happened slowly, almost like the game itself. I do recall enjoying playing in a chaotic manner during break times at primary school, using wickets painted onto a wall, a tennis ball and a borrowed bat. After school, we played in the lanes behind the closely terraced houses of a coal mining community in the English Midlands, using dustbins as wickets and pieces of wood to hit the ball.
It never occurred to me to ask why a wicket was so called, why it had three stumps, why the bat was shaped the way that it was, or why a proper cricket ball was so hard. I was also unaware that the origins of cricket were obscure or, indeed, that it had a history at all.
In a statement on Wednesday, the oil company’s CEO Ben van Beurden said he was determined “to rise to the challenge.” But he kept open the option of appealing