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5 reasons Islam forbids interest

Why does the Quran forbid riba? 5 reasons given by the sources and the scholars, and what Islamic finance does instead. Read on.

What the Quran says about mockery, how the Prophet answered insults, what Hanafi law held and where Pakistan’s law began. 4 facts.

Is sharia a fixed code and the hudud its core? 5 myths about Islamic law, answered from the sources and the jurists. Read on.

What does Islam teach about homosexuality? 5 facts on the story of Lot, the law, the proof required and the line between act and orientation.

Does Islam demand death for leaving it? What the Quran, the hadith, the jurists and the surveys say. 6 facts. Read on.

What was the jizya tax? Who paid it, how much, why, and what its critics say. 6 facts from the sources. Read on.

Did Islam ban slavery? 6 facts on what the Quran, the Prophet and the jurists said, and what scholars say now. Read on.

Does the Quran allow child marriage? 5 facts about what the sources say, what the jurists held, and what Muslim countries do today.

Two women witnesses, the half share, polygamy, honour killing, genital cutting and consent: what the texts say.

Does the Quran tell men to beat their wives? 5 facts on Quran 4:34, the Prophet’s practice and how scholars read it. Read on.

Was mutah ever allowed, who forbade it, and what does Quran 4:24 say? 6 points from the Quran, hadith and Ibn Hajar’s survey. Read on.