Dozens of Muslim homeowners are complaining that they have been left in limbo by a disintegrating “sharia-compliant” mortgage arrangement, putting a focus on the emergence of parallel banking systems in Canada.

Some Muslims believe that sharia, or Islamic law, bans interest-bearing bank arrangements because they are considered akin to usury, and a small industry of middlemen has sprouted up to address those concerns.

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