The ruling on taking riba (usury or interest) in non-Muslim countries to get rid of it

Question:
A questioner says: We are in a non-Muslim country, and we have banks. If we do not take the riba, they use that money to build churches. Is it permissible for us to take it and then use it to build charitable projects as a way of getting rid of it?

Answer:
By Allah, you are making it sound attractive. You want to trade with them; they build churches with it, and you build mosques with it. This is not acceptable. Mosques are not built except with good money. Allah is Good and accepts only what is good. Let them take it and be punished with it in the Fire of Hell, and you are safe from it. Yes.
The one who takes riba falls under the category of the one who consumes riba. Taking it is what is meant by consuming it. Does consuming it mean eating it as food and drink? No, consuming riba means using it by any means. Using it is called consuming it. Therefore, it is not permissible for you to take riba. As for them building churches or using them, that is not your concern. They have disbelief, which is worse than that. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,