My Islamic Faith Prevents Me From Paying Interest on My Student Loans

Huffington Post ^ | April 22, 2015 | Steve Rhode

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Dear Steve,

I had two citi-student loans and at some point in time within the last 5 years they went to Navient (Sallie Mae)

I recently called to ask if I could get a lower pay-off amount as the original loans were 32K and now they are up to about 64K because of deferment and interest. They said no and I believe these may have been private loans.

My conditions have changed. I was born into Islam, but never knew much about my religion. Since 2012 I have been learning more about my faith and it is strictly forbidden in my faith to have dealings with interest.

I am offering to pay off the original amount I owe however due to religious reasons would like them to recognize that my awareness and conditions have changed from the time of originally accepting the loan with Citi-Student Loan Corp and not even with them at Sallie Mae.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

I usually ignore the Huffing and puffington post, but this is an interesting insite. Guess things like honoring your word just aren't big in the Islamic Faith.

[DoughtyOne]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3282002/posts

Sorry bud. Two articles down from yours...

[MrB]

And if the student loan org then refused to loan to Muslims?

[Uncle Miltie]

Taqqiya:

In Shi'a Islam, taqiya (تقیة taqiyyah/taqīyah) is a form of religious dissimulation,[1] or a legal dispensation whereby a believing individual can deny his faith or commit otherwise illegal or blasphemous acts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya

Like signing an agreement you have no intention of honoring.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

PAY UP SAND MONKEY...!!!!

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Darn, that’s what I get for being slow on the draw.

Oh mighty Viking kitties forgive my indescretion and spurn me not when thou lockest this thread as a duplicate.

[b4its2late]

EXACTLY!

[SkyDancer]

Racism they’ll scream ...

[Blood of Tyrants]

He means his recently discovered Islamic faith.
watch out for him because he will soon discover that his Islamic faith tells him to murder infidels.

[MrB]

They learned to do that from leftists.
They see it as the magic word to silence criticism and open the money spigot.

[willibeaux]

Angel.... My comment to the “sand monkey”:

Tough Shitsky GI. Pretty soon rice hava no. (ole Korean saying)

[dfwgator]

They are trying to equate Muslims not having to pay interest with Christians not having to serve gays, that’s the whole reason Huffington Post published it.

[C210N]

My Islamic Faith Prevents Me From...

You mean your Christian faith... oops, I was thinking of someone else.

Either way, lying is perfectly expected.

[SkyDancer]

Well according Islam it's un-Islamic to buy insurance of any kind because it's a form of gambling. They're betting they won't suffer the catastrophe they're betting from happening. So no auto/health/dental/home owners etc.

OTOH, in Jewish culture (well OT) debts are to be forgiven after seven years. So in that case we can plead ....

[elpadre]

what a great recruitment tool for Muslims -

Go to local mosque and join - get loan - say “so sorry” Muslims don’t pay for loans.

[MortMan]

The answer is NO!

The writer agreed to the contract and is post-facto trying to modify the contract on the basis of Islam’s teachings? Hell NO!

If such after-the-fact conversions were treated as legally valid, everyone would become something as soon as their loans were due - then “convert” back as soon as they could after the loans were paid.

HELL NO!

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, you’re right. I’d put LOL, but so many would take it serious.

[smalltownslick]

Dear asshole - You knew this when you took the loan out. You could have stopped it then, or known you had to pay. What is the question again?

[JimRed]

Guess things like honoring your word just aren't big in the Islamic Faith.

Deceiving the Infidel appears to be one of their sacraments.

[JimRed]

...he will soon discover that his Islamic faith tells him to murder infidels.

Beat me to it.