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In reply to the discussion: Boy Donates Savings to Mosque, Muslim Community Responds with a Surprise [View all]Pacifist Patriot
(24,787 posts)64. The prohibition against interest is taken very seriously in Islam.
If I recall correctly, the Quran condemns usury more than any other "immoral act."
The rise in prices without a corresponding increase in wages throughout the 20th century (and beyond) combined with the proliferation of credit, no moral stigma attached to interest rates and debt, and full on advertising/marketing assault, is an ideal recipe for Western wanton consumerism to become a tool of economic oppression.
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Boy Donates Savings to Mosque, Muslim Community Responds with a Surprise [View all]
KamaAina
Nov 2015
OP
I bet we'll hear something from Donald Dump along the lines of "I just heard that a bunch of Muslims
4lbs
Nov 2015
#11
The kid is a lot wiser than many adults in this country. And, far more decent.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2015
#40