Culture – the way of life of a group of people passed down from one generation to the next through learning
Enculturation – learning our native culture(s) in childhood
Acculturation – adapting to another culture
Culture shock – the stress associated with acculturation

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Islamic finance making headway in the US

I'd be interested to hear whether it is the charging of interest or paying interest that is theologically haraam. In Medieval Europe the Church frowned upon moneylenders (cf. The New Testament), and this is actually how so many Jewish families (cf. The Rothschilds) became involved in banking.
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