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za3faranyesterday at 7:17 PM3 repliesview on HN

The Islamic system does not permit uncontrolled capitalism, requires fair financial transactions, is pro rights for both rulers and the population, enforces Zakat (alms tax / a form of wealth tax).


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bongoman42yesterday at 8:37 PM

The middle east has the largest concentration of billionaires outside of US/China and huge poverty alongside. It is so grotesque that the rich will often just kill people and casually pay blood money.

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platevoltagetoday at 1:40 AM

Neither does Christianity, but you really wouldn't really know that by observing the practices of so called Christian Nations™

EA-3167yesterday at 8:39 PM

That certainly explains the flood of migrants from the West to the Middle East and North Africa.

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