usury
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Other pages on his site appear to criticise "fiat money" - commonly used currencies as opposed to gold and digital tokens like Bitcoin - and usury, the charging of interest on loans.
From BBC
In 2018, he repeated a claim about usury and Ashkenazi Jews similar to the one he made in his speech to Fatah members last month.
From Seattle Times
“These people were fought because of their social function related to money, usury,” Abbas said in the speech.
From Washington Times
Later, he specifies that he was referring to the role of Jews involving "usury, money and so on".
From BBC
You can read injunctions against usury in the Vedic texts of ancient India, in the sutras of Buddhism and in the Torah.
From New York Times
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