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The Thinkers Forum News On the 21st of November 2007 a seminar was held in Bolton, Greater Manchester, U.K. to discuss the causes and solutions to global poverty, and what we as individuals and organisations can do to resolve this issue.
A wide range of speakers highlighted the current realities and impact of poverty in the world, and the short, medium and long term work that is being carried out to alleviate poverty for human beings globally.
Our expert panellists and speakers included :-
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.
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