UK: Plan for ‘Sharia-compliant’ student loans to get more Muslims into university – Telegraph

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“More and more accommodations are being made to satisfy sharia law requirements eventually it seems there will be two recognized legal systems operating in Britain, Sharia for Muslims and another for everyone else, this will not make for a healthy society.”  Admin

A new system of “Sharia-compliant” student loans is to be launched to allow more Muslim students to go to university, it has been announced.

David Willetts, the Universities Minister, said an alternative financial model was being created to satisfy Islamic law that forbids Muslims taking out loans that make interest.

Under the system, students would apply for taxpayer-backed loans but repay them into a mutual-style fund that would be ring-fenced to provide future finance to other students with the same religious beliefs.

The move will raise concerns over a two-tier system in which Muslim students pay less than other undergraduates.

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