12.04.2013 - Egypt’s top religious authority approves Islamic bonds law
Egypt’s top religious authority on Thursday approved a law that would allow the Arab country struggling with a soaring budget deficit to issue Islamic bonds but said some articles passed by parliament must be amended. The parliament led by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party approved the law in March and referred it to President Mohamed Mursi. Al-Azhar, the country’s leading Islamic authority, protested, saying its top scholars should have been consulted, as stated in the new, Islamist-tinged constitution...............................................Full Article: Source
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