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Muslim Mortgages?

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  • trudiha
    trudiha Posts: 398 Forumite
    Ma77hew wrote: »
    It is true that they can't pay or recieve interest.

    It's not just a Muslim thing, the Bible sanctions against usury too, both Old and New Testament, so those of the Jewish and Christian faiths shouldn't be doing it either.
  • DrFluffy
    DrFluffy Posts: 2,549 Forumite
    trudiha wrote: »
    It's not just a Muslim thing, the Bible sanctions against usury too, both Old and New Testament, so those of the Jewish and Christian faiths shouldn't be doing it either.

    don't tell Shylock ;)
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  • dave1223
    dave1223 Posts: 56 Forumite
    LOL......Only joking
  • LillyJ
    LillyJ Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    dave1223 wrote: »
    LOL......Only joking

    Hilarious. However I somehow think you are only saying this in response to what others have said about your post. Why on earth would you feel the urge to "joke" about something so offensive and blatently racist?:confused:
  • LillyJ
    LillyJ Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    im not racist i have mixed race friends and polish friends so no don't get mistaken.

    Oh well that proves it, you can't be a racist.

    How many times have the BNP used that old line "I have *insert race here* friends so I can't be racist"??
  • margaretclare
    margaretclare Posts: 10,789 Forumite
    What is racist about a comment about religion? No one mentioned a person's race. In fact the Muslims themselves will tell you that - their religion is for everyone everywhere, they say, no particular race.
    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Æ[/FONT]r ic wisdom funde, [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]æ[/FONT]r wear[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ð[/FONT] ic eald.
    Before I found wisdom, I became old.
  • LillyJ
    LillyJ Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    margaretclare wrote: »
    What is racist about a comment about religion? No one mentioned a person's race. In fact the Muslims themselves will tell you that - their religion is for everyone everywhere, they say, no particular race.

    Religionist then. :confused: It is still pretty disgusting.
    Most certainly islamophobic and unacceptable.
  • DrFluffy
    DrFluffy Posts: 2,549 Forumite
    LillyJ wrote: »
    How many times have the BNP used that old line "I have *insert race here* friends so I can't be racist"??

    Like this one... http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/2704_bnp.shtml
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    margaretclare wrote: »
    What is racist about a comment about religion? No one mentioned a person's race. In fact the Muslims themselves will tell you that - their religion is for everyone everywhere, they say, no particular race.

    I don't think anyone should be picking at LillyJ for using incorrect terminology (and using racism to refer to religion as opposed to country of origin is a very common mistake). It does not change the fact that the OP made a blatantly bigoted comment.
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  • trudiha
    trudiha Posts: 398 Forumite
    dmg24 wrote: »
    I don't think anyone should be picking at LillyJ for using incorrect terminology (and using racism to refer to religion as opposed to country of origin is a very common mistake). It does not change the fact that the OP made a blatantly bigoted comment.

    I didn't read any 'picking at' in margeretclare's post, it seemed unemotive, informative and factually correct to me.
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