For many Minnesota Muslims, it’s been virtually impossible to buy a home, because Islamic law forbids the paying or charging of interest. To help close the home ownership gap among Muslim immigrants, the state’s housing agency is launching a new program offering Islamic mortgages.
WHAT? This is NOT the middle east…. they come here, they SHOULD play by our rules… accomodations like this is what is drawing us into their web of deciet…. it’s BULLSHIT!
Minneapolis, Minn. — Islamic law does make exceptions to the ban on interest, if one’s family is at stake. But the exceptions are open to interpretation and for many observant Muslims, conventional mortgages are strictly taboo.
Nawawi Sheikh is one of them. The Somali-American says he and his wife just couldn’t go against their beliefs, even if it meant giving up their dream of owning a home. Still, he grew tired of moving from one rented apartment to another.
“One thing I hated was moving. I don’t like to move all the time,” he says.
I have an idea! GO BACK TO SOMOLIA WHERE YOU SHOULD BE!
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