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My Islamic Faith Prevents Me From Paying Interest on My Student Loans
Huffington Post ^
| April 22, 2015
| Steve Rhode
Posted on 04/22/2015 1:39:21 PM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy
Dear Steve,
I had two citi-student loans and at some point in time within the last 5 years they went to Navient (Sallie Mae)
I recently called to ask if I could get a lower pay-off amount as the original loans were 32K and now they are up to about 64K because of deferment and interest. They said no and I believe these may have been private loans.
My conditions have changed. I was born into Islam, but never knew much about my religion. Since 2012 I have been learning more about my faith and it is strictly forbidden in my faith to have dealings with interest.
I am offering to pay off the original amount I owe however due to religious reasons would like them to recognize that my awareness and conditions have changed from the time of originally accepting the loan with Citi-Student Loan Corp and not even with them at Sallie Mae.
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KEYWORDS: interestfree; muslimstudentdebt; studentdebt
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I usually ignore the Huffing and puffington post, but this is an interesting insite. Guess things like honoring your word just aren't big in the Islamic Faith.
To: Idaho_Cowboy
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:43:01 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
And if the student loan org then refused to loan to Muslims?
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:43:54 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
Taqqiya:
In Shi'a Islam, taqiya (تقیة taqiyyah/taqīyah) is a form of religious dissimulation,[1] or a legal dispensation whereby a believing individual can deny his faith or commit otherwise illegal or blasphemous acts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya
Like signing an agreement you have no intention of honoring.
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:44:50 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(I want the Halal butcher to cut up my pig. If he doesn't, I'm filing charges.)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
PAY UP SAND MONKEY...!!!!
To: DoughtyOne; admin
Darn, that’s what I get for being slow on the draw.
Oh mighty Viking kitties forgive my indescretion and spurn me not when thou lockest this thread as a duplicate.
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:50:45 PM PDT
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: MrB
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:50:50 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: MrB
Racism they’ll scream ...
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:52:35 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
He means his recently discovered Islamic faith.
watch out for him because he will soon discover that his Islamic faith tells him to murder infidels.
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:52:36 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
To: SkyDancer
They learned to do that from leftists.
They see it as the magic word to silence criticism and open the money spigot.
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:58:07 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Angel.... My comment to the “sand monkey”:
Tough Shitsky GI. Pretty soon rice hava no. (ole Korean saying)
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posted on
04/22/2015 1:59:16 PM PDT
by
willibeaux
(de ole Korean War vet age 85)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
They are trying to equate Muslims not having to pay interest with Christians not having to serve gays, that’s the whole reason Huffington Post published it.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:00:19 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Idaho_Cowboy
My Islamic Faith Prevents Me From... You mean your Christian faith... oops, I was thinking of someone else.
Either way, lying is perfectly expected.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:04:05 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
Well according Islam it's un-Islamic to buy insurance of any kind because it's a form of gambling. They're betting they won't suffer the catastrophe they're betting from happening. So no auto/health/dental/home owners etc.
OTOH, in Jewish culture (well OT) debts are to be forgiven after seven years. So in that case we can plead ....
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:16:05 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: DoughtyOne
what a great recruitment tool for Muslims -
Go to local mosque and join - get loan - say “so sorry” Muslims don’t pay for loans.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:17:03 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
The answer is NO!
The writer agreed to the contract and is post-facto trying to modify the contract on the basis of Islam’s teachings? Hell NO!
If such after-the-fact conversions were treated as legally valid, everyone would become something as soon as their loans were due - then “convert” back as soon as they could after the loans were paid.
HELL NO!
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:21:19 PM PDT
by
MortMan
(All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
To: elpadre
Yes, you’re right. I’d put LOL, but so many would take it serious.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:27:11 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
Dear asshole - You knew this when you took the loan out. You could have stopped it then, or known you had to pay. What is the question again?
To: Idaho_Cowboy
Guess things like honoring your word just aren't big in the Islamic Faith. Deceiving the Infidel appears to be one of their sacraments.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:32:58 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
...he will soon discover that his Islamic faith tells him to murder infidels.Beat me to it.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:34:31 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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