Eid

• Identity verification involves various processes, such as document verification, biometric authentication, and identity proofing.
• To provide detailed information related to the primary factors (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges) influencing the growth of the Identity Verification Market.
• To analyze opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying high-growth segments of the Identity Verification Market.
• To profile the key players of the Identity Verification Market and comprehensively analyze their market size and core competencies.

• They were also confined to Muslim online spaces, such as what people refer to as “Muslim Twitter”.
• This increased visibility allows Muslim ideas around faith, worship and community to be heard and more widely engaged with.

Everyday interactions

• But the question speaks profoundly to the curiosity that Ramadan practices often elicit in everyday interactions that people who are not Muslim have with those who are.
• For the past three years, the BBC has run an eponymous podcast, Not Even Water, which explores experiences of Ramadan and debunks misconceptions.
• It is also spurred by local residents noting the heightened buzz of activity in mosques on Ramadan evenings and on social media.
• This is often taken as an opportunity to showcase good relations with Muslim communities or to acknowledge their “contributions”.

Digital tools

• During COVID lockdowns, social media users introduced the hashtag #myopeniftar to connect people breaking fast in isolation.
• Digital advertising, documentation and online streaming have allowed it to maintain its momentum and reach wider audiences.
• The Ramadan Lights display in central London, which was introduced in 2023, is another salient example of how digital tools have been central to a project’s growth, despite the tension and contestation it has also triggered.
• Digital tools and social media in particular have allowed these counterpublics to promote their Ramadan messages to a broader audience including non-Muslims.

Khadijah Elshayyal receives funding from the ESRC Laura Jones receives funding from the ESRC in her current role. She has previously received funding from the Jameel Education Foundation for her PhD research on Ramadan.

• LONDON, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Evrotrust, Europe's trusted digital transformation provider, has received a significant investment of €3.3 million from existing clients and private equity fund Silverline Capital .
• This is just a few months after Evrotrust got recognized as a notified eID scheme by the European Commission.
• The funding reinforces Evrotrust's position as a major player in the European digital identity market.
• Evrotrust is also going to increase its team, hiring top-tier executives across Europe to support its innovation goals.

• Fresh data from Global Blue reveals that the global dynamic recovery for Tax Free Shopping has gained momentum across Continental Europe and Asia Pacific.
• In Continental Europe, the recovery remained solid, returning to the pre-summer dynamic levels at 1251% in September vs. 116%1 in July/August.
• Excluding Mainland Chinese and Russian shoppers, the recovery would have reached 164%1 in September vs. 154%1 in July/August.
• In terms of origin markets, US residents maintain a strong level of recovery, reaching 258%1 in September vs. 258%1 in July/August.