Greece has announced it will build a floating barrier to deter thousands of migrants from making often-perilous sea journeys from Turkey to the Aegean Islands on Europe’s periphery.

On the 10th of January 2020, the Johor State Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) ordered all mosques in the state of Johor to deliver a khutbah entitled “Avoid Hizb ut Tahrir” that contains many vile and absurd slander against Hizb ut Tahrir. It is sad that JAINJ was willing to use mosques throughout Johor as a place to spread lies on Hizb ut Tahrir.

“The High Council of Religious Affairs has evaluated the religious decision (hukum) comprehensively, on the ground of the many questions asserted by our citizens regarding the “Social Council Housing Project” applied by the Housing Development Administration. Our council has strictly indicated, with the argument issued, that interest is definitely haram and it is certainly prohibited to use interest loan in order to buy a dwelling or a vehicle.

Since Edelman began measuring trust 20 years ago, it has been spurred by economic growth. This continues in Asia and the Middle East, but not in developed markets, where income inequality is now the more important factor. A majority of respondents in every developed market do not believe they will be better off in five years’ time, and more than half of respondents globally