California’s Shariah-Compliant Newspaper

“If everybody was Shariah-compliant, there would be no recession.” That is the pull quote and nut graph for a remarkable page-one, above-the-fold story in the Sacramento Bee on Monday, March 30, headlined “Islam’s financial laws can protect followers,” in the print version. On the website of the Bee, the only daily in California’s capital, the headline reads “Islamic laws of finance a cushion in hard times.”

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“The recession gripping the nation has taken less of a toll on American Muslims who follow age-old Islamic laws against paying – or charging – interest,” says the lead of the story, by Stephen Magagnini. More...

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