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There’s a new MasterCard being marketed at Muslims, complete with a compass pointing the way towards Mecca. Al Hillal Bank, an Islamic financial company owned by the United Arab Emirates government, recently launched the credit card. Rather than merely serving as an instrument with which one can purchase goods and services, the card is also compliant with Islamic laws.
Photo Credit: MasterCardIn addition to including a compass that allows Islamic adherents to comply with “salah” (praying five times per day, while facing Mecca — one of the Five Pillars of the Muslim faith), the bank’s MasterCard bans interest on loans. As Daily Mail notes, “riba,” or the charging of interest on loans, is forbidden in Islamic law. NBC News has more:
Lisl
October 15th, 2012
Is this a joke? I mean, really. It sounds like something Irony Curtain would put up at the Cube.
Og and that interest thing. Banks are smarter than that. They just call it “fees” and it’s all good. *rolls eyes*
Lisl
October 15th, 2012
*Oh*
(slaps self)
Troy
October 15th, 2012
If I were in charge I would go ahead and nuke Mecca.
If they can’t handle a simple cartoon…Hehehe
Ten Megaton
October 15th, 2012
Who let these fuckers out of the sandbox anyway.
Unruly Refugee
October 15th, 2012
You know you can order custom made credit cards with any picture you want on them, not sure about the rules though. How about a picture of muhammad getting raped by a pig? Load up some extra mags and go shopping at the mall in Dearbornistan for some funny youtube footage, eh?
Unruly Refugee
October 15th, 2012
http://www.capitalone.com/credit-cards/image-card/
Corona
October 15th, 2012
How come we can’t get a Mastercard telling Catholics when to sit, stand & kneel? Religious discrimination!
even steven
October 15th, 2012
And they’re made of PTEN for those special martyrdom occasions.
even steven
October 15th, 2012
…petn… oops
eternal cracker p
October 15th, 2012
That’s why I slide bacon through all card readers. It’s part of my compliance. Bitches.
eternal cracker p
October 15th, 2012
http://creditcard.wordwd.com/2012/09/16/bacon-wallet/
Edith McCrotch
October 15th, 2012
A compass towards Mecca?
The only thing I ever see is men bowing down and prostrating themselves in submission to another man’s upraised ass in front of them.
Machloja
October 15th, 2012
Does it comes with nice pigs leather wallet?
Wyatt, Insensitive Progressive Jerk
October 16th, 2012
Introducing the new Mullah MasterCard! Strap a few to your upper torso and explode into a frenzy of holiday gift buying!
Nutjob
October 16th, 2012
What about the eternal flames of hell? Or a compass pointing to hell?
Groucho Marxist
October 16th, 2012
Mecca Card?
Wyatt, Insensitive Progressive Jerk
October 16th, 2012
I like the “Mecca Card.” Earn while you burn.
Nutjob
October 16th, 2012
Capital One, “Whats in your prepubescent muslim?” Besides a pedophelic muslim?
Lowell
October 16th, 2012
Frome above; ” …the bank’s MasterCard bans interest on loans. ”
Ah, no. Lisl has it right. As long as they don’t CALL it “interest” they can add on all the fees they want. Same with a home mortgage.
What is it that they insist on lying even to themselves?
A
October 16th, 2012
I don’t know what the fees for the card would be but for the mortgages, the fees are equal to the interest one would expect to pay on a home mortgage. IE they are screwing themselves, because non-sharia complaint financing allows the borrower to avoid interest if they pay it off early. With Sharia compliant banking they are guaranteed to pay the entire amount even if they pay it off early. They also will not qualify for any mortgage deductions even though they paid the extra money as fees instead of calling it interest.
This proves you can’t fix stupid.
Carlos the Jackal
October 16th, 2012
Surprised it’s MC instead of “Visa.”