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originally posted by: ChesterJohn
Not sure where to put this.
It is amazing that Islam can get things that other religions and non religious people cant get.
In this case it is interest free loans.
I demand that if they allow Muslims to have interest free loans that I too get interest free loans.
Worse case scenario is that people will join Islam to take advantage of Sharia law so they can have interest free loans for businesses and homes.
Shariah financing growing popular in the West
Here is a link to Seattle offering Sharia compliant process that help Muslim buyers get interest free loans. Talk about no separation between Islam and state.
seattle sharia compliant home loans
Seems that catering to Islam is ok but to Christians or other religions forget it. Not even a non-religious person can get a bond to promote their business or by a home and only pay back the bond with no interest.
Time to file a law suit based on religious prejudice. If Muslims can get these bonds any of us should be able to have them.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
It is amazing that Islam can get things that other religions and non religious people cant get.
I demand that if they allow Muslims to have interest free loans that I too get interest free loans.
Seems that catering to Islam is ok but to Christians or other religions forget it.
Time to file a law suit based on religious prejudice.
Minneapolis business development staffers point out that their program is open to anyone, even non-Muslims.
Immigrants from Morocco, Ethiopia, and other North African countries have brought commerce back to long-neglected neighborhoods, like Lake Street in Lyndale. Once a commercial corridor in the early 1900s, shops on Lake Street began closing as consumers moved to the suburbs.
Here is a link to Seattle offering Sharia compliant process that help Muslim buyers get interest free loans. Talk about no separation between Islam and state.
Seems that catering to Islam is ok but to Christians or other religions forget it.
Prairie Street then entered into what is known in Arabic as a murabaha, a deal that is effectively structured as a lease-to-own agreement. The firm rents back equipment and the building to Barkaat at a marked up rate.
originally posted by: FyreByrd
It was the article that didn't make it clear, the fault of the publisher not yours, but you could have done some fact checking before blasting away.
But Khan was ultimately able to get the capital for his business — and stay true to his faith -- with the help of a traditional bank and a boutique venture capital firm willing to hammer out arrangement that Khan said was "Shariah compliant."
Explore the Development of a Sharia-compliant Financing Product
Limited options for financing a home purchase are available for Muslim households who abide by Sharia law, which prohibits the payment of interest or fees for loans of money. The City can help fill this gap by convening lenders, housing nonprofits, and community leaders to explore how the market might develop Sharia-compliant loan products. The City should evaluate current available loan products to determine barriers to their use due to religious or other restrictions.
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
originally posted by: FyreByrd
It was the article that didn't make it clear, the fault of the publisher not yours, but you could have done some fact checking before blasting away.
It was clear to me and everyone else here.
Any way to get "Shariah" into a title to feed the fear mongering...
I never mentioned the government lending, but only that the government states that no one can be discriminated against based on Gender, race, religion, sexual preference or handicap, nor can one of these groups be preferred over another.
If any institution, like a bank or other financial system that is FDIC guaranteed or receive any govt subsidies then they are bound to offer these same types of bonds to all people not just Muslim.
So in theory if you go to these institutions that the city of Seattle or others use and they deny you because you are non-muslim you have a law suit based on discrimination.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
You are missing the point they are creating a particular program only for the adherent of Sharia Law.
If a bank or institution that garners Federal fund does so then they are in violation of the constitution unless they give everyone the same deal as they are giving those of Islam.
ut to address your complaint I have only suggested that the social traditions be used to define marriage which go back over 4000 years of secular society.