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Originally Posted by SirZubair  Muslims in America have no choice really, do they? Regardless of what products they boycott, at the end of the year they still have to pay Tax. And where does the tax money end up?
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True.
Also there is another thing over looked. In todays world of giant international corporations and products being manufactured from either imported products or shipped by foreign vessels/aircraft etc. Unless you live in an Islamic country, buy products that are completly produced within your country and pay no taxes to anybody, some of the money you spend will be going to a non-Islamic or haram purpose.
No matter where you live, any product you use can be traced to having come from a source outside your country, either the entire product or components used to make it.
Even a simple loaf of bread made in your own house by your own mother or wife or yourself.
Where did the wheat used to make the flour come from?
Nearly all of the wheat grown in the world comes from either the USA or Canada, a large portion of the rest comes from Russia.
You eat rice I assume, how many rice patties are in your country, where did the rice come from? What company owned the ship it came to your country on?
How about the car you ride in, the typical automobile is made of components from over 100 different countries.
A person could go crazy if they listen to all of the propaganda and believed it.
We do need to be cautious, but at the same time we must follow reason and be certain we are not deliberatly doing any haram action ourselves.