• Muffi@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    And The Quran is super anti-banking. Most religions have been twisted away from their original meaning, to become tools of our oppressors.

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      5 months ago

      The Quran is not anti-banking per say. It is anti interests, anti predatory and scamming businesses and anti crime financing, which the Torah and the Bible are too. Problem is for Islamic banks it is practically impossible to participate in the global finance system without also being exposed to interest.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_banking_and_finance

      For Jews eventually the discourse shifted that they first allowed seeking interests from non Jews and eventually from everyone, despite the Torah being clear about it.

      The sinful business practices of the time were one of the main things Jesus challenged according to the Bible, but Christianity has always been very flexible with interpreting the life and teachings of Jesus.