There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's MuslimCard!
They don’t belong here.
That’s a debit card by another name.
sounds like a simple debit card to me. free with my bank — and these muzzies are going to pay a $50 fee? funny.
Prepaid credit cards have been around for a long time, what is so special about this one?
>> With the iFreedom Plus MasterCard, holders load up their card with cash in advance, up to $6,000. Each purchase draws down on the account without accruing interest.
So ... its a debit card. This is just a marketing ploy. One would think that most American muslims have already discovered this decade-old-invention.
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“And our community(Muslim)travels a lot,” Mr. Kalair said.”
....yep....we’re well aware of Isamic passengers on planes...thanks to them our airports are a mess.
It's not a new product. These type of prepaid Visa/Master Cards have been around for YEARS, think it was 2000 or 2001 that I saw the first ones. Not to mention Visa/Master Card back debit cards.
It's just a new brand with a new marketing scheme.
Why wouldn't I, a non-Muslim want to do this? I'm retired, pay all my bills on time, have no mortgage, the only thing I need a card for is "convenience", (buying Anti-Obama bumper stickers online). Putting money "into" the card would be a loss of income from having money in my checking account at .0005% interest /sarc.
I've been a great credit card holder for years, and they've made money on me. Now, because I pay my bills, they are threatening to take away my credit. Every time I responsibly pay a bill, my credit rating takes a hit. Maybe something like this is what I could use?
OK, for some of you, get out the bic, light it off and pull the trigger .. I could care less about YOUR comments. But I'd really like a financial person to discuss this one.
(1) does this make financial sense?
(2) what's the downside?
(3) wouldn't it be discriminatory to DENY selling something available on the open market to a non-Muslim?
An interest free, prepaid ‘credit’ card, isn’t. Outside the Muslim world we refer to those as ‘debit’ cards.
So it’s a debit card. Rename a card and fool the Muslims lol.
The downside is that in lieu of late fees, they chop both of your hands off and give you 40 lashes.
It’s all part of the “honor system.”
Well gee whiz! The Muslims have just invented the debit card.
So a woman in a burka is going to hand over a card that reads, iFreedom?
Oh, the irony.
Though how much interest does the issuing bank make on all that prepaid cash? That would seem against sharia too.
Ahab and his wife took Mother out to dinner three to four times a week. He dropped by the house with little gifts in between 'dinner dates'(fresh squeezed orange juice from the gourmet deli, Brach Jelly Beans, flowers, ...). He declared that he thought of her as his mother.
A few months after the relationship began *Ahab received the first of many very low interest loans (1-2%) to make improvements in his three liquor stores. Later on Ahab 'helped' mother with purchases of large ticket items such a large screen TV, refrigerator, vacuum cleaner, and several king-size bed which she gave away to him. None of the items came with receipts; I suspect they all had fallen off the proverbial truck. Everything Mother had Ahab purchase for her was overpriced. Example: Best Buy price for large screen TV was around $6,000. The price mother paid Ahab was around $8,000. Then at mother's request Ahab began major home improvement projects on Mother's home (bathroom remodeling, elevator for her three level house,interior and exterior painting, ...). The work was done by Ahab's 'boys' who were mainly illegal workers from Mexico. Much of the improvements had to be redone by licensed contractors later.
I wanted to have Ahab investigated from possible fraud and elder abuse, but my sister who lived nearby insisted that even though Ahab was taking advantage of Mother, she enjoyed all the attention Ahab provided. My sister thought the price of a couple thousand dollars a month to keep Mother entertained was worth it. "After all it is her money, and its just pennies to her."
Last year with the help of the housekeeper, my husband and I disentangled Ahab from mother's life. Through investigation I discovered that Mother was not the first rich widow woman he'd 'helped' in the valley.
Verrrry funny ...
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Good one. And they’d be under their limit, so no over the limit charges either!