Item record: Interest (<i>riba) in Islam and the Bahá'í Faith

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Interest (riba) in Islam and the Bahá'í Faith

Author	Gad Gilbar
Title of item	Interest (riba) in Islam and the Bahá'í Faith
Date of this edition	2004-01-20
Language	Hebrew
Permission	Fair use (see notes on copyright)
Posted	2011-09-20 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Audio
URL	bahai-library.com/gilbar_interest_islam_bahai
Abstract	Bahá'í scripture permits charging interest (riba) on loans, in contrast to Islamic law which forbids it. Interest can be economically justified, and could affect the material position of the ulama and merchant classes.
Notes	Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, January 1, 2004. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm.
Tags	Business; Economics; Interest; Interfaith dialogue; Islam
Page views	5538 hits since 2011-09-20
Last edited	2011-09-20. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=gilbar_interest_islam_bahai.

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