‘Outrageous anti-British scheme’: UK universities to offer Muslims interest-free Sharia student loans

‘Outrageous anti-British scheme’: UK universities to offer Muslims interest-free Sharia student loans


Britain’s leftist government is set to offer interest-free loans to Muslim university students so that they can be compliant with Sharia law — an initiative that former Home Secretary Suella Braverman said will create a “two-tier education system.”

The U.K. Department for Education noted last year that while interest has historically been charged on all student loans in the isles, “some people feel unable to use existing student loans for university or college, due to their faith or conscience.”

‘Sharia loans are, by their very definition, exclusionary.’

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Muslims, specifically, are prohibited by Sharia law from engaging in “riba” — the practice of charging interest or fees on loans, which is regarded as usurious and exploitative.

Britain has long humored implementing a Muslim loans system. At last, the Labour government

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