some more indepth info about what has led to all this brouhaha can be found here
Islamic banking – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I work in a finance role and TBH some of the ideas are actually sensible, honest and fiscally prudent (ever noticed that busineses owned by British Asians tend to be fairly successful?) so maybe the banks can afford to give Muslims a better deal as they are less of a business risk! its no more discrimination than the fact you need a million quid cash or some silly amount like that to get an account with Coutts and Co, or that I can get a Co-Op smile account but some of my friends have only been able to get a normal Co-op account..
