Islamic Banking in United States?


	Islamic Banking in United States?

arifsali

3-7-2009 11:56 PM

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islam, economy

arifsali says:

I think the jury is still out on this but media seems to be curious.

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3-8-2009 1:49 AM

tabsey

They have not the same debt percentages and risks. They will ride out the recession without bailouts. Maybe we could learn from that. Maybe they don't have policy based on greed. We could learn from that. I bet the CEOs don't have the same bullshit bonuses. We could definitely learn from that.

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