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Azentio secures top position across multiple categories in the IBSi Sales League Table 2023

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

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SINGAPORE, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Azentio Software ("Azentio"), a Singapore-headquartered technology firm owned by funds advised by Apax Partners, has announced that it has achieved top positions in multiple categories in the exclusive Leadership Club of IBS Intelligence (IBSi) Sales League Table (SLT) 2023, the globally acknowledged annual performance barometer for measuring technology supplier performance.

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Commenting on Azentio's achievement, Nikhil Gokhale, Head of Research Platforms, IBSi, said, "Congratulations to Azentio for making it to the SLT Leadership Club 2023 across eight key categories, covering Islamic core and retail lending, compliance management, insurtech, and process automation, among others.
Azentio's impressive range of software products, which allows them to deliver tailored solutions for industry-specific challenges, was highlighted by their win in the Product Breadth category.
These wins further confirm Azentio's position as a leading player in the financial technology sector, showcasing the depth and breadth of their portfolio."
Krish Narayanaswami, Managing Director - Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance at Azentio, stated, "We are delighted that Azentio has achieved top ranking in the eminent IBSi SLT Leadership Club 2023 across various categories, at both the global and regional levels.

Azentio secures top position across multiple categories in the IBSi Sales League Table 2023

Retrieved on:

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Islam, Fintech, IBM 7090/94 IBSYS, Financial services, SLT, Addendum (research platform), Automation, Insurance

SINGAPORE, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Azentio Software ("Azentio"), a Singapore-headquartered technology firm owned by funds advised by Apax Partners, has announced that it has achieved top positions in multiple categories in the exclusive Leadership Club of IBS Intelligence (IBSi) Sales League Table (SLT) 2023, the globally acknowledged annual performance barometer for measuring technology supplier performance.

Key Points:

Commenting on Azentio's achievement, Nikhil Gokhale, Head of Research Platforms, IBSi, said, "Congratulations to Azentio for making it to the SLT Leadership Club 2023 across eight key categories, covering Islamic core and retail lending, compliance management, insurtech, and process automation, among others.
Azentio's impressive range of software products, which allows them to deliver tailored solutions for industry-specific challenges, was highlighted by their win in the Product Breadth category.
These wins further confirm Azentio's position as a leading player in the financial technology sector, showcasing the depth and breadth of their portfolio."
Krish Narayanaswami, Managing Director - Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance at Azentio, stated, "We are delighted that Azentio has achieved top ranking in the eminent IBSi SLT Leadership Club 2023 across various categories, at both the global and regional levels.

UK law is doing little to prevent British children being kidnapped from their mothers

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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

In November 2022, Ibrahim Faraj, a seven-year-old boy from Cheshire, was reportedly taken from England to Saudi Arabia by his father.

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In November 2022, Ibrahim Faraj, a seven-year-old boy from Cheshire, was reportedly taken from England to Saudi Arabia by his father.
She had taken him to school and his father, from whom she was separated, was supposed to collect him for the weekend.
By the Saturday, however, his father had flown Ibrahim out of the country.
Elkhalidi says she had repeatedly warned UK authorities that her son was at risk of abduction.

Insufficient legal deterrents

Belaid reportedly returned two years later, without Talia, and was jailed for six and a half years.
But in 2019, Symanowicz was still appealing to be able to see her daughter.
The young people I interviewed testify to the harrowing effect of the enforced separation from the parent they leave behind.
When I came to Libya, I was four years old, and I forgot how to speak English.
Not only missing out on a relationship with my mother but also, now years later, it’s difficult to build our relationship.

International cooperation

The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction 1980 operates in more than 100 countries.
This means the courts in the country the child is abducted from are allowed to decide where the child should live.
So far, the only Islamic law countries that have acceded to the convention are Morocco, Iraq, Pakistan and Tunisia.
Prior to Brexit, the UK, being under EU law, did not have individual competence to decide whether to accept accessions.
The US and New Zealand, among others, have accepted Pakistan’s accession and young nationals of those countries can now be protected by the international treaty.

Why schoolchildren are regularly being targeted by terrorist groups in many countries

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Monday, July 3, 2023

In Afghanistan, IS affiliate IS-K has repeatedly bombed educational institutions in recent years, often killing dozens of children or teens.

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In Afghanistan, IS affiliate IS-K has repeatedly bombed educational institutions in recent years, often killing dozens of children or teens.
In 2020 in Cameroon, sources suggest that separatists fighting for their own, independent state attacked a bilingual school, killing eight children.
These attacks are happening more frequently in recent years, and they also tend to be carried out by particular types of groups.
Groups that attack schools tend to be in alliances with other rebel or terrorist organisations.
This is consistent with other research finding that government repression of religious freedom seems to lead to terrorist attacks on school.
Terrorism is fundamentally violent propaganda, and groups that use terrorism constantly innovate, seeking new tactics to help them stand out.

400 years ago, philosopher Blaise Pascal was one of the first to grapple with the role of faith in an age of science and reason

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Monday, July 3, 2023

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When Pascal lived, at the height of the 17th century’s scientific revolution, rapid advances were taking place in all areas of science.

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When Pascal lived, at the height of the 17th century’s scientific revolution, rapid advances were taking place in all areas of science.
Pascal’s significant accomplishments included one of the first calculating machines, the world’s first public transport system and various mathematical models, among others.

Religion in the age of science

Through his philosophical investigations, he found that there were strict limits to what we as humans could know.
For him, neither the scientific method nor reason more generally could teach individuals the meaning of life or the right way to live.
In this reasoning, without understanding who we are, it would be difficult to understand how we ought to live.

Pascal’s religion

In other words, he argued, although one cannot know for certain whether or not God exists, we are better off believing in God’s existence than not.
He believed that the Catholic Church was the only religion to teach the truth about human nature and therefore offered the singular route to happiness.
Pascal’s preference for Catholicism over any other religion raises a difficult question, however.
For why should anyone wager on one religion rather than another?

Pascal’s unfinished masterpiece

Pascal presents his argument for the wager in his greatest work, the “Pensées” – “Thoughts,” in English.
Pascal’s central argument in “Pensées” for believing in God did not rest on proof of God’s existence.

4 reasons not teaching evolution in schools is immoral

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Monday, July 3, 2023

Whatever the finished product, there will always be someone who thinks something important has been missed or something unnecessary has been included.

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Whatever the finished product, there will always be someone who thinks something important has been missed or something unnecessary has been included.
This is what happened in the recent redesign of the Australian Curriculum, for example, where the emphasis on Western civilisation became politicised.
Evolution, however, is a concept that underpins and integrates all facets of biological study.

The central role of evolution in biology

As evolutionary biologist Theodosius Zobzansky noted in the title of his seminal essay, Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.
In terms of its simplicity and explanatory power, the theory of evolution by natural selection is arguably one of our most successful scientific achievements.
Because of evolution’s centrality to biology, its omission in any substantive course seems a matter of serious neglect.

Excluding evolution is a moral concern

Omitting evolution from educational curriculums isn’t just educationally fraught, it’s also a serious moral issue.
Morally speaking, at least four related points present themselves in favour of the inclusion of evolution in any biology curriculum.
Many scientists have been inspired towards their work by understanding the grand narrative of evolution, which provides a coherent and effective framework to understand biological systems and their relationships.
Intellectual honesty, integrity and a commitment to scientific truths An extended biology course that doesn’t contain evolution represents a promise made and broken.
To present something as scientific means it should embrace the methodologies and dispositions of scientific inquiry, including open-mindedness, scepticism and fallibility.

The bottom line

It is one that can be reasoned in a way that’s rationally accessible to others.
Education in a cosmopolitan world – in as much as it is social, collaborative and cooperative – should be characterised by morality and rationality.

Helping Hand for Relief and Development Provides Global Sustenance

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) has run its annual Qurbani campaign to sponsor livestock for Eid-ul-Adha since May 2023.

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Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) has run its annual Qurbani campaign to sponsor livestock for Eid-ul-Adha since May 2023.
This year, the distributions are reaching refugees and poverty-stricken populations in over 70 countries, providing meat for over 1.26 million people.
This is just one of many efforts by HHRD to battle global hunger.
According to UNICEF, the global hunger crisis pushes a child into severe malnutrition every minute in 15 crisis-hit countries.

Islamic Coin Secures $200M From Alpha Blue Ocean’s ABO Digital, Beats Records As One Of The Largest In Crypto History

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Zug, Switzerland, June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Islamic Coin, the Shariah-compliant, ethics-first crypto has again shattered records, securing $200M from Alpha Blue Ocean’s ABO Digital.

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Zug, Switzerland, June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Islamic Coin, the Shariah-compliant, ethics-first crypto has again shattered records, securing $200M from Alpha Blue Ocean’s ABO Digital.
Total funding has reached $400M, beating Circle, BlockFi and Solana and has become one of the largest ever in the history of the crypto space.
Both Islamic Coin and the Haqq Network that powers it cater to the world’s 1.9 billion Muslims and beyond, focused on game-changing products and services.
"ABO Digital is thrilled to collaborate with Islamic Coin as an alternative finance provider.

Shariah Compliant Ethics First Digital Money Islamic Coin Launches 1 September, Arouses Global Interest

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

In March, the crypto signed with UK based DDCAP Group - opening the floodgates to infrastructure projects with over 300 global Islamic Banks.

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In March, the crypto signed with UK based DDCAP Group - opening the floodgates to infrastructure projects with over 300 global Islamic Banks.
Islamic Coin has additionally announced an exclusive integration with Holiday Swap, the world’s largest home exchange platform, with over 1M global users.
In June, Islamic Coin already partnered with Sushi - one of the world’s largest decentralized exchanges in the world.
Since inception, the global recognition and acclaim for Islamic Coin and the HAQQ Blockchain have been remarkable.

What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

The words nationalism and patriotism are sometimes used as synonyms, such as when Trump and his supporters describe his America First agenda.

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The words nationalism and patriotism are sometimes used as synonyms, such as when Trump and his supporters describe his America First agenda.
But many political scientists, including me, don’t typically see those two terms as equivalent – or even compatible.
There is a difference, and it’s important, not just to scholars but to regular citizens as well.

Devotion to a people

A nation is a group of people who share a history, culture, language, religion or some combination thereof.
A country, which is sometimes called a state in political science terminology, is an area of land that has its own government.
A nation-state is a homogeneous political entity mostly comprising a single nation.
Some of those groups are formally recognized by the federal government, such as the Navajo Nation and the Cherokee Nation.
Scholars understand nationalism as exclusive, boosting one identity group over – and at times in direct opposition to – others.

Devotion to a place

In contrast to nationalism’s loyalty for or devotion to one’s nation, patriotism is, per the same dictionary, “love for or devotion to one’s country.” It comes from the word patriot, which itself can be traced back to the Greek word patrios, which means “of one’s father.” In other words, patriotism has historically meant a love for and devotion to one’s fatherland, or country of origin.
Patriotism encompasses devotion to the country as a whole – including all the people who live within it.
Nationalism refers to devotion to only one group of people over all others.

Nationalism vs. patriotism

Adolf Hitler’s rise in Germany was accomplished by perverting patriotism and embracing nationalism.
After World War II, President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which would provide postwar aid to Europe.
Rather, he viewed the “principal concern of the people of the United States” to be “the creation of conditions of enduring peace throughout the world.” For him, patriotically putting the interests of his country first meant fighting against nationalism.