American International Group’s involvement with the Islamic insurance market at the same time it is taking government bailout funds has provoked the ire of a Christian rights group in the U.S.
The Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center filed suit against the federal government claiming the government’s loan to insurance giant AIG is illegal because, it claims, AIG’s takaful sales “promote Islam and are anti-Christian.”
AIG, which is not being sued, declined comment on the suit.
The suit protests the use of taxpayer funds to acquire ownership of a business that “intentionally promotes, endorses, supports, and funds Shariah-based Islamic religious practices.”
The lawsuit was filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of Kevin J. Murray, a former Marine infantryman who served two tours of duty in Iraq.
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