First fully Islamic bank opens in Britain; abides by Sharia, or Islamic, law
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LONDON  - Britain opened its first bank on Wednesday that promises to fully abide by Sharia, or Islamic, law, meaning it won't give or receive interest, and will invest only in ethical industries, a guideline that bars alcohol and tobacco companies.
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A High Court test case is due to start which could bring a big change to High Street banking in the UK.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, said on Thursday the introduction of some aspects of Islamic Sharia law in Britain was unavoidable.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  on Tuesday he was trying to engage with Britain&#039;s Muslim  community but Islamic extremism could not be defeated by the  government alone.
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Once upon a time, there were two building societies. The Halifax and the Abbey National dominated the mortgage business, with half the market between them, while the banks confined themselves to current ...
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A British convert to Islam was told today that a terrorism control order imposed on him is to be quashed.
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British police launched their own  terrorism case Thursday against a Muslim cleric already jailed  in London under a U.S. arrest warrant.
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British anti-terrorism laws discriminate against Muslims and law enforcement agencies are running a &quot;real risk of criminalising&quot; ethnic minority communities, a top police officer will say on Monday, according to The Guardian newspaper.
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British police launched their own terrorism case Thursday against a Muslim cleric already jailed in London under a US arrest warrant.
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&amp;quot;You may have heard stories about cash under pillows,&amp;quot; said Islamic scholar Abdul Kadir Barkatulla, recalling a time when British Muslims preferred to keep their money in the bedroom rather than in a bank account.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of Sharia law is "unavoidable" in the UK.
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LONDON -- The arrests of 16 people early yesterday in two unrelated antiterrorism operations in London and Manchester reflect increasing concern over the threat of homegrown Islamic extremism in Britain.
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The government's anti-terror laws unfairly target Muslims and should be repealed, MPs hear.
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Government policy is driving Muslims in the UK into the arms of violent extremists, a report claims.
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Islamic extremism in Britain has created communities that are "no-go areas" for non-Muslims, a Pakistani-born Church of England bishop said in The Sunday Telegraph. Michael Nazir-Ali, the bishop of Rochester, told the newspaper that Britain's policies of multiculturalism have created separate Muslim communities that fail to integrate into mainstream society. "There has been a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism. One of the results of this has been to further alienate the young from the nation in which they were growing up and also to turn already separate communities into `no-go' areas where adherence to this ideology has become a mark of acceptability," said Nazir-Ali. Read more
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How Scotland became the back office for London's financial industry.