Michael Pollak wrote:
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> > <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Personal_Finance/Insurance/Health_Insuarance_illegal_Islamic_body/articleshow/2930737.cms>
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> Although interestingly, it's only private insurance that violates Sharia.
> Single payer would be sharia compliant.
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> IIUC, this sharia banking objection goes for all insurance, not just
> health insurance -- if everyone is required to be in the pool, then it's
> sharia compliant. If you can choose, and thus win or lose, then it's
> gambling, and it's forbidde
Shame on you Michael. You just spoiled a perfectly good piece of Islamophobia (probably designed ex post facto) to give more credence to the shameful treatment of Yoshie on this list.
Carrol