[7Z7]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you. But mortgages exist in lots of Muslim majority countries. Are you really suggesting that Muslims don't take on debt?

You can take out a mortgage in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bangladesh, Morocco.. They were the first four I checked.

[lukasm]

You can something similar to mortgage or credit in UAE as well, but being late on the payment has devastating consequences.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2194633/Luxury-high-...

It has consequence for enormous part of a life. For example, I was traveling using metro in Dubai. I had 5 dirham on my travel card and the trip I wanted to take costs 3 dirham. I couldn't enter the train, because the maximum charge is 8 dirham, so I could have negative balance.

[mkaziz]

GP is referring to the fact that interest is forbidden in Islam. However, you can still get interest-based loans in Muslim countries. They're just branded differently.

[7Z7]

So GP's point is invalid than, no? Muslims take on debt and business loans regularly.