The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has emphasized that the Shari’ah Supervisory Board (SSB), the members of which recently convened for the first time, would strengthen Shari’ah oversight on Islamic banking. “The SSB is a convergence of expertise in Islamic jurisprudence and contemporary finance,” BSP Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr.…
THE people of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) deeply mourned the passing of Grand Mufti Sheik Abuhuraira Udasan of the Regional Darul Ifta (Islamic Advisory Council) on Monday, July 3, 2023. The Grand Mufti was the head of all muftis (a mufti is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a non-binding opinion or a fatwa on a point of Islamic law ) or jurisconsults in the region. The Philippine and BARMM flags were flown at half-mast, which signified mourning for a highly esteemed person in our country.
Teams from the Darul-Ifta' had been deployed to various locations in Maguindanao del Norte, Cotabato City, Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, and Iligan City to observe the moon
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declares April 21 as a non-working holiday in observance of Eid'l-Fitr, but the exact date will still depend on the moon sighting on April 20