For many years, banks in the Middle East, the Arab world in particular, conducted business in a conventional fashion, with no thought of compliance with Shariah law.
But in recent years, financial jihadists have promoted Shariah immensely and more and more banks have moved to Shariah compliance. This is a negative development because it helps promote Shariah overall, thus eroding human rights in the region even further.
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