Posted on 01/01/2008 12:22:43 PM PST by STARWISE
Caribou Coffee
Claim: An Islamic bank is the majority owner of the Caribou Coffee chain.
Status: True
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002]
As you will see from the links below, Caribou Coffee is owned 87.8% by the First Islamic Investment Bank which, among other things has the following philosophy: "Above all, ensuring that all activities conform to Islamic Shari'ah" The chairman of their Shari'ah supervisory board is:
Dr. Yusuf Abdullah Al-Qaradawi Chairman, Seerah & Sunnah Center, Qatar University; Professor, Faculty of Shari'ah, Qatar University.
As you will see from the links below he is also on the supervisory board of "Union for Good," which is a charitable organization to support Palestinians. Nothing wrong with a charity to help Palestinians, but here is a quote from the Union for Good web site:
"The Al-Aqsa Intifada is the latest of a long line of affliction faced by the people of Palestine. Its ancestry dates back to the massacre of innocent men, women and children in villages such as Deir Yaseen and the illegal occupation of Palestine in 1948."
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Last updated: 17 November 2006
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Starbucks for me from now on, when I'm not buying Cub Foods instant (much cheaper).
Cheers!
...oh, and Happy New Year.
oOH ...I have a real thing about all the Muslim
cabbies here. They’re constantly violating the
law by being on their cells, speaking in Arabic,
and most have their radio stations tuned to NPR.
I know that’s laughable, but after enough rides
with them, your mind does begin to wander .. LOL
Cheers!
...oh, and Happy New Year.
NO more calls, please.
We have a winner!
It’s in the local Wal-Marts, and I wish it wasn’t. Caribou Coffee was founded around 2002 to compete with Starbuck’s, which has a Jewish CEO.
monitor this
I'm going to miss drinking it.
BTW, I LOVE the Keurig coffee machine. I find the Timothies and Nantucket brand coffee pretty good
I found it on the official Caribou Coffee web site by poking around a little.
How sad! I have always liked Caribou, especially back when it was privately owned. I just got a pound of their coffee for Christmas. Guess I’ll try to avoid them and go to mom and pop coffee shops instead.
Thanks Berosus.
I’ve never heard of Caribou coffee
And a very Happy 2008 to you, too!
Glad I'm not the only one. I've been feeling a little out of the loop. ;-)
I'm stigmatized by being home and being in conversations with friends and family and having to ask "Who's so-and-so?" or "What's that?" about various pop-cultural current events they discuss.
I thought the internet had kept me pretty much up-to-date, but I'm discovering I've missed quite a lot. LOL
But just think how much we don’t know that you do ... ;)
Happy and safe travels. God bless you in your next sandbox
chapter.
Caribou Coffee is 87.8% owned by First Islamic Investment Bank
Four words come to mind....Big..Fat..Hairy..Deal.
Yes, because all Pakistanis are terrorists. Sheesh, you people need to get out more.
You should try roasting your own!
It’s easy. And, your neighbors will be banging on your door when they get a whiff of your roasting beans, it’s THAT good. Right now it just happens that I’m drinking some sampler pack mexican-something-i-can’t-pronounce stuff I picked up a while back, that I threw in with a larger order. have about 40#s that I keep in reserve, of Sumatra mandheling, which I like.
All you need to get started is a frying pan, or better, a popcorn popper - either the old-fashioned stovetop w/ crank, or the air-popper type.
Well, sorry this doesn't bother you. Personally, I'd rather not give my money to supporters of Shariia law. I'm not keen on any system that justifies whipping rape victims and slaughtering non-Muslims, but I guess thats just the Christian-American woman coming out in me.
Thanks! The next and possibly last. My current mission ends in April. While I have been asked to stay, I may decide that four years (plus) is enough. I've been thinking about it a lot lately and I'm feeling a pull to reconnect to the homefront.
So, 2008 may see my Iraq Swan Song.
A very happy and propserous 2008 to you and yours!
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