Religions and Economic Justice
Economic inequality refers to the disparity of wealth or income between individuals or between the different groups in…
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Faqr and Ghina (Poverty and Richness)
For Sufis, poverty means that an initiate claims possession of nothing and is freed from all kinds of…
Helping Hands
With half the world living on less than $2.50 per day and with 46.2 million people in the United…
Poor Memory and Its Causes
Memory is one of the purposes of the brain, and it is described as the ability to protect…
Microfinance for the Poor: Burden or Blessing?
Microfinance, which has become well known since its leading advocates Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh…
How do we distinguish between the desire to emulate and envy?
How do we distinguish between the desire to emulate and envy? What are your thoughts regarding the charities…
Muhammad and Jesus Two Great Prophets of God
The relationship between Christianity and Islam throughout history has been often characterized by misunderstanding, rivalry, and frequently hostility.…
Economic Development via Human Development
Think about two South African children born on the same day in 2000: Nthabiseng and Pieter. Nthabiseng is…
A Moment for Reflection
Camels on the Roof One night, when sleeping, a man heard sounds on his roof. There were loud…
Time To Pray
We use prayer to turn to the Eternally Merciful God, present ourselves to Him, and ask Him to…
Greed and Its Consequences
O people of belief, now you understand how harmful enmity is. Greed is another great disease, and just…
Social Solidarity
In pre-Islamic Arabia, people were divided into tribes and clans continually at war with one another. The rivalry…