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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Josie Clarke

Tube adverts for Islamic investment platform showing burning US and euro banknotes banned by regulator

Six ads for an Islamic investment platform showing US dollar and euro banknotes on fire have been banned after a regulator ruled they were likely to cause serious offence.

The posters for Wahed Invest, seen in September and October on Transport for London (TfL) services including tubes and buses, featured images of Muslim preacher Ismail ibn Musa Menk and Russian former professional mixed martial artist Khabib Abdulmanapovich surrounded by the flaming banknotes.

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