Posted on 04/30/2014 7:53:02 AM PDT by opentalk
Lloyds Bank has been accused of religious discrimination after offering free overdraft accounts to Muslims. The bank sent customers a booklet this month explaining new charges.
While many will have to pay up to £80 a month if they go into the red, Muslims were told they would escape the charges. The document said: “We are removing the monthly overdraft management fee of £6 from our Islamic Account, Islamic Student Account and Islamic Graduate Account. So, if you use an unplanned overdraft on these accounts, there won’t be any charges.”
One customer, Anita Milton, a nurse of New Eltham, south London, said: “I can’t believe that they’re thinking of offering one account for Muslims and making everyone else pay for the same service. Do I have to change my religion to get the best deal?
...A Lloyds spokesman said Islamic accounts were intended for customers who cannot receive or pay interest under sharia, but were available to anyone, regardless of their faith.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Well how about that...convert or Kafir can pay Jizya tax.
Muslims have already taken the UK ,tons of new rules and Laws for Muslims
hmmm.....march into my bank and threaten to blow everything up if they don’t lay off the fees....had not thought of that one.
There you have it. Lloyd's thinks they are being fair because the typical customer has a choice between paying up to StG 80 per month in overdraft fees or earning up to StG 0.80 per month in credit interest.
oh good....I’ll just let my mortgage company know I can’t be making any further interest payments......
Pure Discrimination.
Will backlash against banks.
FMCDH(BITS)
Happy Dhimmitude, UK.
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