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There are hundreds of reader's comments about it in the paper and I'm willing to bet that a large number of current Lloyds TSB customers will be off to close their accounts on Monday morning in protest. But hang on a minute. Isn't it also true.that anyone can open one of these accounts irrespective of religion? In that case are we going to see a load of people heading down to Lloyds TSB on Monday to open an Islamic account? The queues outside the bank will be enormous and the computers will probably crash under the pressure!
I've had a look at the Lloyds TSB website and it certainly seems to be the case that any British person with a regular bank account would have to pay in the region of £200 a month in interest if they go overdrawn with an unplanned overdraft, but a Muslim with an Islamic account is only charged a "management fee" of £15 on those occasions.
So once again this country is embracing segregation by implementing a two-tier banking system! This is just what we need to restore our faith in banks!
By: Unabryn
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