usury in islam

• The Evolution of Religious Bigotry

Released on the Internet last week, Fitna juxtaposes verses from the Koran with images from the world of jihad. Heads cut off, bodies blown apart, gays executed, toddlers taught to denounce Jews as "apes and pigs," protesters holding up signs reading "God Bless Hitler" and "Freedom go to Hell" -- these are among the powerful images from Fitna, Arabic for "strife" or "ordeal. In America, these fish appear mostly on cars. Recently, however, it seems Jesus fish have become outnumbered by Darwin fish. No doubt you've seen these too. The fish is "updated" with little feet on the bottom, and "IXOYE" or "Jesus" is replaced with either "Darwin" or "Evolve." As Christopher Caldwell once observed in the Weekly Standard, Darwin fish flout the agreed-on etiquette of identity politics. "Namely: It'...

... would hardly attract notice; a plaque with 'Usury' written inside the same symbol would be an outrag... in 2004 by a jihadi for criticizing Islam. Fitna is provocative, but it has good reason to p...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 26, 2009

• Keeping the Financial Faith

..., thanks to Assiniboine Credit Union's new Islamic mortgage -- the first of its kind in Canada -- the... on money is unacceptable and considered usury by the Qur'an. Instead of lending money to Muslim ...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• May 07, 2010

• Housing Co-Op to Serve Muslim Immigrants

Those of us who came in the '70s and '60s to Canada, we had no choice and so exceptions were made just for the house," she said, but in recent years more alternatives have become available for Muslims, including housing co-operatives. CentreVenture will sell the land to Centre Village for $1, and the co-op will then take out the building's mortgage, said Jeff Palmer, CentreVenture's senior development officer. "Even though they're collectively paying down the mortgage, the value of the asset continues to rise, and hence if you have a share of that project, you have a share of both the debt and the equity," he explained. "If they leave, they can extract their equity out and use it for other forms of ownership.

...Islam forbids usury, or the charging and paying of inter...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• October 08, 2009