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August 31, 2006
India: Islamic Seminary Prohibits Life Insurance
An influential Sunni Muslim institution in India has declared life insurance "un-islamic" as it violates Islamic Law, The Houston Chronicle and MSNBC report.
Ulemas (Islamic Clerics) at the Darul Uloom seminary in Deoband reasoned that since insurance is "sort of gambling" and it also involves the payment of interest money, it surely is against the wishes of Allah. Riba, or "usury", is condemned by all major Islamic sects, although disagreements exist about what exactly constitutes Riba.
The ruling is the latest in a series of rulings which seem to be designed to further alienate Indian Muslims from secular India.
Muhammad ibn Abdullah, the self-proclaimed last and perfect prophet for humanity, prohibited Riba for his followers although he took loans to finance his warfare from Jews whom he later vilified, and eventually slaughtered. The prohibition of so-called usury remains a difficulty for the proper development of Islamic countries, as well as a constant difficulty for Muslims living in countries not ruled by Islam.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at August 31, 2006 12:03 PM
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