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Tapping a vast market
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/02/2024
» The restoration of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Saudi Arabia in 2022 following a 30-year break has created new opportunities for Thailand to tap into demand for its halal products in Middle Eastern markets.
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Which way for Malaysia under Anwar Ibrahim?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/12/2022
» If Anwar Ibrahim had become prime minister of Malaysia in the late 1990s, when he was in his early 50s, instead of being jailed on trumped-up sodomy and corruption charges, Malaysia might now be a very different place. He's finally getting his chance, but now he's 75. Is it too late for the kind of Malaysia he promised?
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Thai traders join halal boom
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 12/09/2022
» Muslim population growth and trust in halal-certified foods are creating new opportunities in the world's halal food market for Thai halal food traders, say exhibitors.
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Sudan women decry slow progress on rights since Bashir's fall
AFP, Published on 08/03/2020
» KHARTOUM - Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists are disappointed at a lack of progress on women's issues.
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Not just Bali: Indonesia to develop more tourism sites
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2019
» YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on grey stone steps atop the world's largest Buddhist temple, occasionally checking mobile phones or whispering to each other as they waited for daylight.
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Election protesters clash with Indonesian police, 6 dead
Published on 22/05/2019
» JAKARTA: Supporters of an unsuccessful presidential candidate clashed with security forces in the Indonesian capital on Wednesday, burning vehicles and throwing rocks at police using tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Brunei death penalty moratorium applied to new Shariah laws
Associated Press, Published on 06/05/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Brunei's sultan has said a moratorium on capital punishment is in effect for new Shariah criminal laws including stoning people for gay sex and adultery that sparked an international outcry.
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Death by stoning for gays, amputation for theft in Brunei
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Amnesty International on Wednesday slammed plans by Brunei to implement what the rights group called “vicious” Islamic criminal laws such as stoning to death for gay sex and amputation for theft.
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Pakistan's top court to rule on call for appeal against Asia Bibi
AFP, Published on 29/01/2019
» ISLAMABAD - The Islamist group leading protests against Asia Bibi, a Christian woman enmeshed in a years-long blasphemy row, told its members to be on alert Tuesday as Pakistan's Supreme Court was set to announce whether it will allow an appeal against its decision to acquit her.
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Aceh region bans unmarried couples at same table in cafes
Published on 05/09/2018
» BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: A district in Indonesia's deeply conservative Aceh province has banned unmarried couples from sitting at the same table in restaurants, cafes or coffee shops, an official said Wednesday.
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