{"id":143,"date":"2014-08-02T15:42:42","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/143-hsbc-closing-bank-accounts-of-british-muslims\/"},"modified":"2014-08-02T15:42:42","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T15:42:42","slug":"hsbc-closing-bank-accounts-of-british-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/143-hsbc-closing-bank-accounts-of-british-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"HSBC closing bank accounts of British Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims in the UK are complaining that the HSBC bank is closing their accounts for no reason.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian reported that London&#8217;s Finsbury Park Mosque was among the Muslim organizations to have their account closed without being told why.<\/p>\n<p>The mosque officials said they could not understand the reason, mentioning that they are a UK based organization and do not transfer any money abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Although HSBC has denied that their decisions to close accounts were based on race or religion, the bank&#8217;s statement still leaves question marks as to why Muslim accounts were targeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims in the UK are complaining that the HSBC bank is closing their accounts for no reason. \u00a0 \u00a0 The Guardian reported that London&#8217;s Finsbury Park Mosque was among the Muslim organizations to have their account closed without being told why. 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