What would hurt Dubai’s reputation would be unequal treatment between domestic (or UAE, GCC, Middle-Eastern or Islamic) creditors and other creditors from the West or from the non-Islamic East.  If Islamic debt were to be interpreted by the Dubai authorities as debt instruments that give preferential treatment – non-contractual seniority – to Islamic creditors, Dubai’s reputation would be damaged severely.

From the Financial Times

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