10% ag tax “a relic of barbarism”
In the 800s, Islam enshrined the 10 percent ushr tax rate on farm yields in the Hadith. The tax may have been appropriate for the Middle East in the Ninth Century, but it hasn’t worked out so well...
View ArticlePakistan’s ushr loopholes
Pakistan’s “fastest growing blog” (The News Blog) ran a story on Feb. 16 about the urgency of bringing their agriculture sector under the tax man’s heel. The author of the post entitled, “Shouldn’t...
View ArticleYou grow it, we tax it
Jaish Muhammad terrorists from South Punjab, Pakistan, have been collecting the ushr (the Islamic tax on harvests) from farmers for many years according to a recent news blurb. We have written about...
View ArticleSharia bank conducts fraud, predatory lending
“Ethical finance” swindles 300 herdsmen and farmers A sharia lender and his associates are under investigation for defrauding 300 Nigerian farmers and ranchers. As Shariah Finance Watch wisely notes,...
View ArticleISIS fish farms supplement income
That and poultry, which in Iraq means chicken and pigeons. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is charging a 10 percent, or ushr, customs duty on imports. The New York Times ran this story...
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