How are Sharia banks Al Rayan and Gatehouse paying the best savings rates?

At a time of record low savings rates, any bank actually improving the rates they pay to savers is bound to raise an eyebrow or two.  But this is especially the case when it comes to Al Rayan Bank and Gatehouse Bank, two Sharia lenders which have upped their savings rates in recent weeks and … Read more

British mother who fought Sharia courts in Dubai to see her son faces losing her home

A British mother who fought the Sharia courts in Dubai for access to her son faces having to sell her home – after a UK judge ordered her to pay nearly £100,000 towards her ex-husband’s legal costs. Afsana Lachaux, a former policy aide to Gordon Brown who now works for The Princes Trust, has spent … Read more

British mother who fought Sharia courts in Dubai to see her son faces losing her home

A British mother who fought the Sharia courts in Dubai for access to her son faces having to sell her home – after a UK judge ordered her to pay nearly £100,000 towards her ex-husband’s legal costs. Afsana Lachaux, a former policy aide to Gordon Brown who now works for The Princes Trust, has spent … Read more