Campaigns
Campaigns

Discussions of justice can be divided into two broad fields. Distributive justice is concerned with the proper allocation of good things - wealth, power, reward, respect - between different people. Retributive justice is concerned with the proper response to wrongdoing. A number of important questions surrounding justice have been fiercely debated over the course of history: What is justice? What does it demand of individuals and societies? What is the proper distribution of wealth and resources in society: equal, meritocratic, according to status, or some other arrangement? There is a myriad of possible answers to these questions from divergent perspectives on the political and philosophical spectrum.

Some theorists, conceive of justice as a virtue—a property of people, and only derivatively of their actions and the institutions they create. Others emphasize actions or institutions, and only derivatively the people who bring them about. The source of justice has variously been attributed to harmony, divine command, natural law, or human creation. Justice concerns the proper ordering of things and persons within a society. As a concept it has been subject to philosophical, legal, and theological reflection and debate throughout history.

According to most theories of justice,Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. Justice can be thought of as distinct from and more fundamental than benevolence, charity, mercy, generosity or compassion. Advocates of divine command theory argue that justice e.g. Islamic Justice and indeed the whole of morality, is the authoritative command of a single deity (God or Allah(swt).

In an imperfect world, institutions are required to instantiate ideals of justice, however imperfectly. These institutions may be justified by their approximate instantiation of justice, or they may be deeply unjust when compared with ideal standards — consider the institution of slavery. Justice is an ideal which the world fails to live up to, sometimes despite good intentions, sometimes disastrously. The question of institutive justice raises issues of legitimacy, procedure, codification and interpretation, which are considered by legal theorists and by philosophers of law. Justice is also an independent investigation of truth.  

We have initiated and support numerous campaigns for eradication of global poverty, inequality and injustice.

Muslims have an ethical and moral duty to stand up for Justice even if it be against our own selves. It has been a long standing objective of TFI to campaign and lobby concerning the pertinent causes of our time. Some of these causes involve Muslims only whilst others affect all of us as human beings. Issues could be international, national or local in nature. Justice has no geographical boundaries.

Muslims have always been at the forefront of working for these causes throughout history by running educational campaigns, lobbying the stakeholders and working with other groups to seek to eradicate poverty, inequality and injustice.

Muslim Action Against Poverty (MAAP) Campaign

• Campaign for the Poor (Sign Online Petition)
• Campaign for Debt Elimination & Freedom From Usury Based Loans
• Campaign for Trade Justice
• Peace Tax, not War Tax
• Global Campaign for Provision Of Education & Medical Care For All
• Establishing Social Welfare Systems (To Fulfill Man’s Basic Needs)

Justice Campaigns

• Anti-Slavery – Abolish Modern Forms Of Slavery Such As Child Labour
• Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism
• 'Stop The War' And 'United for Justice & Peace' Coalitions
• 'Freedom From Occupation' Campaigns e.g. Palestine, Kashmir, etc
• ‘Defend The Hijab’ Campaign – International Hijab Solidarity Day (4th Sept)

Environmental Campaigns

• Climate Change and Global Warming

Local Campaigns

• Various - Ongoing

If you feel a legitimate issue pertaining to injustice is being overlooked, let TFI know and we will endeavour to instigate some action.