In other words, the central tenet of Islamic financing is that their god Allah is so stupid that he can be fooled into thinking that something that looks, feels, and smells like collecting interest on a loan is something completely different, just because they are careful not to call it 'collecting interest'.
It's the same principle that lets some Muslims claim that adultery is a sin punishable by death, yet it's considered OK to fool Allah by having temporary marriages that last just long enough to 'consummate the deal', and then you can quickly and painlessly "divorce" the object of your affections for the past hour (or perhaps the past thirty seconds), pay her fee, and move on. No harm, no foul, no adultery.
That Allah character must be some kind of idiot not to 'get' the childish tricks that his worshipers play on him, huh... If your god is an easily-fooled simpleton, what kind of conclusion can we draw about you?
Laughinggggggggggggggggggggg. You sure nailed all that on the head:)
OK, next topic : annulments. ... Couldn't leave it alone! ... Sorry! But these stick in my craw.
Recall also that in early Christianity it was a major, burn-in-hell sin to charge interest. And then one day the Vatican declared that it wasn’t a sin. Was God fooled?
“In other words, the central tenet of Islamic financing is that their god Allah is so stupid that he can be fooled into thinking that something that looks, feels, and smells like collecting interest on a loan is something completely different, just because they are careful not to call it ‘collecting interest’.”
The laws are constantly changing. But I always believed it was illegal to disguise interest as fees.
I am trying to catch my breath here! ROFL.