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Seminar: Poverty Alleviation, Economics & Islam - 21st Nov 2007 - Bolton, UK

With approx 3 billion people living on less than $2 per day (~50% of worlds population) we as human beings and muslims specifically have a divine duty to help/support all those who are disadvantaged and in need. The poor people around the world are not in a position to fight for their own rights and freedoms as they are immersed in extreme poverty, and are too busy struggling to acquire basic needs (food, shelter, clothing, education, health) to keep themselves and their families alive. We must campaign and lobby for their rights both as individuals and through organisations/pressure groups.

The causes of poverty are numerous and include historical, social, economic and political factors. Consequently, various solutions that have been proposed range from short-medium term measures e.g. charitable donations for basic needs provision, political lobbying & campaigning, individual projects to long term solutions such as creation of permanent social welfare systems through reformation of governance.
Although there are numerous interest-based socialist/capitalist welfare economies for basic needs provision in existence, Islam however has its own unique socio-economic usury-free model consisting of a balanced system involving unique redistribution of wealth techniques, zakat, inheritance and moral filter mechanisms.   The contemporary challenge is how the theoretical Islamic economic system model can be utilised practically to resolve poverty in the developing countries and the muslim world for the many, not just the few.

Some Facts:-

• 6 million children under five die every year as a result of hunger
• 134 million children between the ages of 7 to 18 have never been to school.
• More than 1 billion children suffer from a lack of proper nutrition, safe drinking water, decent sanitation facilities, health-care services, shelter, education and information.
• In the last decade, more than 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict

Date:             Wednesday 21st November 2007

Time:             7.15pm

Venue:          Community Centre, Makkah Mosque, Grecian Crescent, Bolton. Greater Manchester. BL3 6QU. England.

Our speakers will endeavour to shed some light on the causes and solutions to poverty, and charter a way forward.

Speeches and presentations from :-

• Sheikh Pirzada Sardar Qadri LLB
• Sheikh Ahmed Dabhaag, Tehreeki Muhammadiyya
• Farhat Abbas, Thinkers Forum
• Iqbal Rawat, Ummah Welfare Trust
• Sheikh Mustafa Ashrafi, Aalimi Ittehaad Forum

Further info:

• email:           unity@thinkersforum.org
• Tel:               07805 118269 /  07711 880657 /07737 021915
• website:       www.thinkersforum.org

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