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Bitcoin Zakat? <\/strong>A mosque in London has begun accepting donations in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies during Ramadan \u201cin a bid to widen its donor base and cut down on currency conversion fees,\u201d according to Reuters<\/a>. The move comes despite Egypt\u2019s mufti issuing a fatwa (religious edict) that using bitcoin contravenes Islamic law, but the mosque\u2019s imam says that the mosque will not engage in trading the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Zakat? A mosque in London has begun accepting donations in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies during Ramadan \u201cin a bid to widen its donor base and cut down on currency conversion fees,\u201d according to Reuters. The move comes despite Egypt\u2019s mufti issuing a fatwa (religious edict) that using bitcoin contravenes Islamic law, but the mosque\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9257],"tags":[72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-629389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-your-way-out","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"9917fddb-fd03-4513-80fb-c3c227125af5","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"1732c7d6-f43d-44d4-bda7-92a29d40f14b","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[629355],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nBitcoin zakat: London mosque accepting donations in bitcoin - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/05\/29\/bitcoin-zakat-london-mosque-accepting-donations-in-bitcoin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bitcoin zakat: London mosque accepting donations in bitcoin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bitcoin Zakat? 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