Salaam.

This is a mock Boycott of Islamic goods. Sounds strange but believe you me, I feel it.

There was a discussion on Sunniforum on "Tales for Children", and there is one here "Where does Allah live" They are both connected as parents are wanting to know what to do for their children.

In both of the forums, the issue of cost has come up. The cost of Islamic School fees is one thing where we dont have much of a choice. But the cost of Islamic goods is another.

I take my children to the Islamic shops as much as possible and spend a lot of money there, but it amazes me that the cost of these items are SKY HIGH, WHY?

We walk into a non Islamic store and the same item (This time without the islamic appeal) would be less than half the price. WHY?

Story books cost an arm and a leg, WHY? an Islamic colouring book with 20 pages will cost £5 and a coluring book with 1000 pages will cost £1 in the Non Muslim Shops, WHY?

Halal Sweets cost a bomb, the same Haram Sweets are pennies, WHY?

Islamic Clothing is so expensive, we rather dress our Children in Kuffar clothing, WHY?

Fragrances in Harrods will cost £30 for 100ml bottle yet a copy of the same fragrance will cost £10 for a 5ml bottle, imagine if we had bought 100ml of the Muslim copy, it would cost us £500. WHY?

We get fooled into buying attar that cost £3 for a 6ml bottle when we could go to Selfridges and get the same/even better fragrance for £20 for a 100ml bottle. Do the Maths.

It so sad that Islamic products have copyrights and the websites that are there to guide us also have copy rights, WHY?

I understand in somecases that the cost of material needs to be considered and that they can buy in bulk, but what do all these Islamic nations do. What do the Kuffar do, they import and export goods. Why cant we do the same thing.

Should the prices come down or should these business people be allowed to drive in their Mercedes and BMWs (Not that I have seen any one, just a figure of speech)

It is cheaper to live the life of a kafir. How sad.

Please Show your Support.

Is it Daylight roberry in the name of Islam?

Jazakallah, I'm glad you agree. But have you ever noticed that most of these products are from India, Pakistan, Turkey, China or Thailand.  The goods that come from abroad are also produced in the millions. Every Islamic shop has them.

Sometimes I buy a book that has the price of 50Rupees written on it, which is less than 50p here, yet I end up paying more than a fiver. (may not be accurate, but its an idea of things)

Over 50% of the items sold are not produced in this country, it gets imported.

When I go away on holiday, InshaAllah I intend on buying a lot of CD's, Books, Perfumes, Clothes etc to bring back. Last time I went on Holiday, I bought CD's & DVD's for less then 50p each. I didnt buy any books as they were to heavy. (Okay, so the CD's and DVD's were copies, so what, makes no difference to me).

I will need to get white Thawbs (Jabbah) for my sons uniform, perfect timming, otherwise I would be spending a fortune here. Sorry to the local business', but "a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do".  By man, I mean Parent. (Thats on top of the school fees etc)

Shops here sell T-Shirts for £2-£3, Yes they buy them in thousands, but the same T-Shirt is then used and some form of Islamic Logo printed on it and then sold for £10. Halal earning, but unjust. (although this is not the case all the time)

At least you made me laugh, Thanks for that. There is a bright side to this topic.