Some encourage Muslims to buy from Muslim-owned businesses only.
Maggie Anderson and her family are conducting an “Empowerment Experiment:” Patronize black-owned businesses only, for a year.
Listen to her interview at NPR Talk of the Nation The Andersons Experiment With Buying Black
What do you think? Would you only buy form Muslim-owned businesses? Is it beneficial?
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#1 by Azeem on May 28, 2009 - 9:13 pm
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If Muslims only bought from other Muslims, Islam would have never spread. Food for Thought.
#2 by Rehan on May 29, 2009 - 7:08 pm
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Agreed with Azeem. We aren’t forbidden to do business with non-muslims. The more visible we are, the more opportunities for dawah there are. There is no need to imitate a few ultra political groups, when we have a way of life – if only we would just follow it. there’s nothing wrong with supporting muslim businesses, and this should be encouraged; but I feel there is something wrong to say we will patronize ONLY muslim businesses.
#3 by ibn Halal on May 30, 2009 - 12:17 am
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Azeem and Rehan,
Assalam Alaikum,
Good point about Dawah, the point of the post is more about supporting Muslim businesses.
As for Dawah you can do as a business owner too. Also, most of the time when you buy from Walmart or Starbucks there are no Dawah with the business owner anyway.