Very interesting; please keep posting on this topic. There may or may not be a trail to Zero (don’t yet see anything clear on that), but it’s still a disturbing trend to see the huge explosion of Shariah finance firms all over the country. It’s especially prevalent in university financing at Ivy Leagues and the University of Chicago, for instance. A portion of the interest that comes in from their investments must be spent on “religious” activities, so much of this money winds up going to fund terrorist groups. It’s pretty well documented and IBD has had some articles on it in the recent past.
Finally creeping into main stream media outlets:
Developer who vowed to follow Muslim law may face bankruptcy
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Sunrise marketed its investments as compliant with Sharia law, which bars the collection of interest. “They targeted very religious people who probably had a lot of cash on hand, and they got local religious clerics to go along,” Azam said. “Now many of them stand to lose their homes and life savings.”
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/religion/1175173,CST-FIN-sunrise20.article