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Doesn't it? It might not win you many friends, but I'd think it will still make you a popular business partner.
Why would being a highly religious Muslim make you a popular business partner?
Because it would indicate that you are a person of strong integrity, whose moral convictions mean a lot to you, and thus someone to be trusted.
Interesting. So do you, then, buy into the popular perception of atheists as people without moral convictions and lacking integrity?
There is also the empirical reality of a lot of visibly highly religious people turning out to have serious problems with integrity and honesty.
And, of course, being really religious means the subordination of the mundane life to the pursuit of religious goals. You can trust such a person to be who he is, but you may be mistaken about the ranking of his values :-/
It's more that I'd think of non-practicing religious or "spiritual but not religious" folks as that. Serious, committed atheists, those who sacrifice popularity, time and money for the sake of their atheism, I would accord the same trust (and for the same reasons) as the committed Muslims.