by Christopher W. Holton Today’s New York Times has what amounts to an advertorial for Shariah finance, espousing “Retirement Savings, the Muslim Way.” Not surprisingly, given the New York Times’s jaded past, the article is unbalanced and omits many of the concerns about Shariah finance. For starters, there is this passage: Investing in companies earning […]
Jihadist Finance: Ransoms from West Fund Al Qaeda
The New York Times has a new story out detailing the windfall to Al Qaeda from ransoms paid by the West… Kidnapping Europeans for ransom has become a global business for Al Qaeda, bankrolling its operations across the globe. While European governments deny paying ransoms, an investigation by The New York Times found that Al Qaeda […]
The New York Times Goes to England and Finds Shariah by SANE Staff, Fri, November 21, 2008, 09:32:AM For readers of SANE, there is not much new here. You’ve got mostly all of the elements (we’ve heard before) of the superficial story: -Shariah courts are a reality in England whether officially […]
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