• quicklime
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    3 months ago

    I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a similar, perhaps in some ways better system exists to this day in the world of Islamic finance. It’s far from perfect and has plenty of real-world flaws and downfalls, but it was cool to learn about the spirit and morality behind it.

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

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      3 months ago

      I’m pretty sure Islam split when Christians still couldn’t charge interest.

      It’d be kind of neat how the Abrahamic religions evolved if there werent so many people killing each other because they support the exact same god in slightly different ways.