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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
An Islamic term commonly understood to include interest on loans, which Islam prohibits.
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Paper 2
Revise: Exploitation of the PoorIslam prohibits riba, commonly understood to include interest on loans, rather than opposing only exceptionally high rates. Wealth should benefit people rather than enable lenders to exploit borrowers. Islamic banking therefore uses arrangements intended to avoid charging interest.
Paper 1
Interest or usury, prohibited in Islam and associated with concerns about exploitation through lending.
Do not claim that all Christians reject all interest. Contrast opposition to excessive interest with the Islamic prohibition of riba.
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Riba, usually translated as interest or usury, is also prohibited. A central ethical concern is that lending can exploit people in need, making their poverty worse while enriching the lender.