We Don’t Go to Bars, Why Do We Go to Banks?

We Don’t Go to Bars, Why Do We Go to Banks?

By SuhaibWebb on from www.suhaibwebb.com

When I recently consolidated a student loan I had taken out many years ago, I noticed that the amount I owed was more than double what I had originally borrowed. I’m still in school, so I don’t have double the education from when I first took out the loan. I definitely don’t have double the income. Even before I knew anything about Islam and how it forbids usury, I knew something was wrong with that picture. And that there was a bigger picture involving a whole world in debt crisis.
Business with Soul

Business with Soul

By elan on from www.elanthemag.com

A business with actual heart - in today’s world of corporate scandal and deception, is that an oxymoron? Salwa Ansari-Datoo doesn’t think so.
Lisa Mabe: Representing Muslim Consumers

Lisa Mabe: Representing Muslim Consumers

By elan on from www.elanthemag.com

Mabe founded Hewar Social Communications, a digital marketing and public relations company. Constantly studying trends in the Middle Eastern and Muslim markets, Lisa is a pro at what makes our community tick. elan got a chance to sit down and pick her brain about what Hewar excels at and what Lisa’s predictions are for our niche market in the near future.Read More
The Failure of Islamic Finance

The Failure of Islamic Finance

By MuslimMatters on from muslimmatters.org

The Islamic finance industry has often battled with the question: How Islamic is Islamic banking? The question's pertinence was raised by Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani who said that 85% of Sukuk, or Islamic bonds, were un-Islamic.

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