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Here we go again: “Ethical” investing firm launches Sukuk fund in UK
Shariah Finance Watch ^ | 1 April 2012 | Unknown

Posted on 04/01/2012 12:35:49 PM PDT by LSUfan

A firm called Ethical Asset Management in the UK is launching a Sukuk fund for individual investors.

This is fairly unremarkable, but the designation “ethical” is worth commenting on.

Ethical is a subjective term. To most Westerners, there is little or nothing ethical about Shariah. On the contrary, many of the tenets of Shariah are decidedly barbaric and offensive to Western values, particularly values of freedom and liberty.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; jihad; sharia; terrorism

1 posted on 04/01/2012 12:35:52 PM PDT by LSUfan
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