git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoNetanyahu Derides UK as 'Islamic Republic of Britain'clashreport.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10
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minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoTBH, Islamic banking is still usury that pretends not to be.
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoThe most obvious would be replacing interest with a lump sum for using loaned money… which is coincidentally calculated as a percent of principal. So, the same thing, but using a loophole in the formulation of the usury ban in islam.
minus-squareMaeve @lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWe humans are a real piece of work.
TBH, Islamic banking is still usury that pretends not to be.
Can you tell me more?
The most obvious would be replacing interest with a lump sum for using loaned money… which is coincidentally calculated as a percent of principal. So, the same thing, but using a loophole in the formulation of the usury ban in islam.
We humans are a real piece of work.