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Posts Tagged ‘Zakat’

Heart Wrenching Poverty

By Mohammad Yusha • Aug 28th, 2011 • Category: Features

It makes me sick looking at the above picture, how innocent little children have to eat mangoes from trash. Who hasn’t heard that rich people’s dogs eat better food than poor people. Those kids could have been my brothers and sisters, they could be your brothers and sisters, and they most certainly are someone’s brothers [...]



Zakat and Fitrana to MQM, ANP, and PPP?

By Ali Yar Khan • Aug 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics

All three parties in Karachi who are involved in violence not only get funded by the extortion money  but they also forcibly extort Zakat and Fitrana and the animal skins from the people. Before Eid and Ramadan, these three parties fight tooth and nail to get as much Zakat and Fitrana as possible, and for [...]



In Our World Today

By Tahir Hameed • Aug 11th, 2011 • Category: Politics

In our world today, the specter of materialism and greed has spawned an era where we have forgotten that the true purpose and meaning of our lives was never to live lives that centered about evils such as greed, envy, hate, lying, cheating, backbiting, swindling, usury, gambling, adultery, murder, rape, on talking back to parents, [...]



Is the system of Inheritance in Islam unfair towards Women?

By Mohammad Yusha • Jun 21st, 2011 • Category: Misc

The issue of inheritance is always brought to the spotlight by people who want to malign Islam, by stating that a woman is half that of a man in Islam because she receives half in inheritance that a man does. Is that unfair to women or men? Let’s see.
In Islam, when a woman inherits something, [...]



Rise Up for the Sake of Pakistan

By Tahir Hameed • Jan 3rd, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

If oppression of rulers, the corruption of clerics, communal disharmony, religious intolerance, indiscipline, the lack of law and order, moral degeneration and unaccountability of those who commit crime or fraud is not checked, then the cosmetic makeovers that are so often made to win the trust of the citizens of a nation may not work.
It [...]



Masjid, Synagogue & Temple

By Aftab Alam • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The theme I am going to engage is of paramount importance. I therefore have tried to cover its vital aspects. As a matter of fact Islam is the Divine Code. This is the only original and legitimate ‘Monotheistic Religion’ of the absolutely one Allah Almighty for His Almighty entire creation; [...]



Deserving Sarkar

By Taufeeq Butt • Aug 28th, 2009 • Category: Features


Why West Hates Islam

By Guest Blogger • Jun 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

We are living in secular age. 21 century is secular age. Secular age is not christain , jewism or hindism age in nature. In fect secular age is age of expression of militant athiesm.Militant athiem means an agenda that supports godless reason based society.Their main agenda is to create open and free secular sociey where [...]



Zaroorat-e-Leader

By Mushtaq Ahmad • Dec 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Is it in the manifesto? Part-6 Pakistan Election 2008

By Farid Masood • Feb 17th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

There is much suffering for the poor people in any under-developed country. Generally people have hard times to survive in this country, and some elites are having kings like life.
A poor if eligible to receive ‘Zakat’ have to pass through many steps to get their eight. Also the amount paid in shape of ‘Zakat’ is [...]