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"It's an unlikely image: staffers at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions - surely one of Ottawa's driest regimes - are busy brushing up on the fine points of sharia law these days to cope with the anticipated expansion of Islamic financial services in Canada."

It is against the tenets of Islam to charge interest, so different solutions are required. Sharia-friendly finance has been around for a long, long time and can often be found in the classifieds of major city newspapers in Canada.

People of the Islam faith, are also required by the holy book ( Quran ) to donate a percentage of their wages ( arms ) to the poor and needy.