Experts say Islamic law, or sharia, holds wide appeal for Muslim populations in many countries and is beginning to spread via democratic means, but it is also being used as a tool of Islamic militancy ...

Men search for bodies under rubble of a house, destroyed by a Syrian Air force air strike, in a village of Tel Rafat, about 37 km north of Aleppo, August 8, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SYRIA - Tags ...

OJK explained that industry consolidation also continues in the Sharia rural bank (BPR) sector through the merger of 21 Sharia BPRs.