Word: ribas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi conduct all litigation, including financial cases, through Islamic courts. That presents banks with a particular problem because Muslim law forbids riba, the earning or payment of interest, on the ground that it is usury. For years the Muslim world quietly allowed the ban on riba to be circumvented by letting the banks call interest payments service charges or commissions. But these days, when Saudi borrowers are handed a bill for interest charges or commissions, they may take refuge in Islamic law and refuse to pay. Banks are left with little means of getting their money...
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