The U.S. financial world is becoming more and more tied into the muslim world. Between the musims and the chinese, we seem to be committing financial suicide.

Cordless Bungee Jumping—Shari'a-style

By Alyssa A. Lappen
http://www.terrorfinance.org/the_terror_finance_blog/

As noted today in Pajamas Media, notwithstanding flashy headlines extolling Shari’a finance (Islamic banking) and Wall Street bankers jumping into the market, investing or participating in shari'a finance is akin to bungee jumping without a cord—or following lemmings over a cliff.

But the banking industry has a short memory. In 1955, Citibank established the Saudi American Bank in Jeddah and added a Riyadh branch in 1966. But on February 12, 1980, Saudi Arabia confiscated Citibank's business by royal decree, changed its name to Samba, and forced America's premier bank to accept a subservient role, staffing its old bank—with a promise not to take any profits.

Yet, Shari’a is “the path of Allah,â€