{"id":471931,"date":"2011-08-04T19:29:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T19:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/04\/islamic-banking-activist-blasts-critics\/"},"modified":"2011-08-04T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T19:29:46","slug":"islamic-banking-activist-blasts-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/04\/islamic-banking-activist-blasts-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic banking: Activist blasts critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"52.5451197053\">\n<div readability=\"40.3336614173\"><span><\/span> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-via=\"vanguardngrnews\" data-related=\"oluboss\">Tweet<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"50\">\n<p>SOUTH-South politician and activist, Chief Richard Lamai, has advised Christians who felt uncomfortable with the establishment of\u00a0 Islamic banking or non-interest banking to establish theirs.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe present tension in the country over the proposed establishment of a non-interest bank as announced by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is very unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows that both Muslim and Christian elite who\u00a0 are expected to guide the nation to development and greatness for the future of the country are busy fanning the embers of division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lamai noted that the biggest problem facing the country today was corruption, adding that it cuts across Christian\/Muslim divide.<\/p>\n<p>He asked: \u201cWhat have the leading faiths done to curb this cankerworm that has stalled the development of Nigeria in the last 50 years?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<p>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href=\"http:\/\/disqus.com\/?ref_noscript=vanguardngr\">comments powered by Disqus.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/disqus.com\">blog comments powered by <span>Disqus<\/span><\/a>><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/08\/islamic-banking-activist-blasts-critics\/\" title=\"Islamic banking: Activist blasts critics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islamic banking: Activist blasts critics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tweet SOUTH-South politician and activist, Chief Richard Lamai, has advised Christians who felt uncomfortable with the establishment of\u00a0 Islamic banking or non-interest banking to establish theirs. He said: \u201cThe present tension in the country over the proposed establishment of a non-interest bank as announced by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is very unfortunate. \u201cIt shows that both Muslim and Christian elite who\u00a0 are expected to guide the nation to development and greatness for the future of the country are busy fanning the embers of division.\u201d Lamai noted that the biggest problem facing the country today was corruption, adding that it cuts across Christian\/Muslim divide. He asked: \u201cWhat have the leading faiths done to curb this cankerworm that has stalled the development of Nigeria in the last 50 years?\u201d Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief. 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