Ready now, while it is not technically prohibited to say LH about a non-Jew the Chafetz Chaim says that it is better not to get in the habit. Tanna d’bei Eliahu says that one who wrongs gentiles will come to wrong Jews. The Be’er HaGolah in Hichot Geneiva says that someone who takes advantage of halachic technicalities in his dealings with gentiles will be punished by Hashem.According to . Rav YY Weinberg, Rav SR Hirsch, , Tiferet Yisroel to Baba Kamma Chapter 4, Meiri in many places, Rema Responsa 10 and Chatam Sofer Collected Responsa 90) these laws no longer apply in today’s moral western societies where all property is protected by law. In addition, if it is discovered it is a chillul Hashem.
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