Riba is not trade, but it is more dominant and desired by Muslims
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Riba means one word in Lanes Lexicon of Arabic, ‘Usury’, and usury has only one lawful definition detailed in Black’s law dictionary Usury is a certain benefit which is received for the use of the thing lent beyond the return in full of the thing lent, and is not lawful.
So the simple reality of usury is corrupted and confused, to allow those who wish to steal, to hide their thefts from their victims, or for the very deceptive from themselves.
Trade is a reciprocal exchange of the fruits of your labour for the fruits of the labours of another,
Usury is a one-sided extraction of the fruits of the labours of another, which has 5 basic forms, profit (the interest demanded for the use of capital), rental (the interest demanded for the use of infrastructure), taxation (the interest demanded for the use of your body), and ownership (the interest demanded for land use through the fiction of eminent domain)
For religious Muslims Riba is worshiped with far more enthusiasm and commitment than anything else in their lives. This is amusing to me, as their hypocrisy is only out done by their wilful ignorance.