Many local mosques help people in Britain and in 3rd world countries by collecting money/clothes in the mosques that are sent to different countries, which are less fortunate, then us. With the money shelters and homes are built for the poor. As you can see the Muslim and Christian attitude towards wealth and poverty is fairly Similar.
A (ii)
The word development can mean many things such as growth, health, economy, Education and so forth. In the world today there is a big demand of world development because too many people are suffering, for instance take all the 3rd world countries which do not have enough food to feed their population or all the countries where the children don’t even have the basics such as clean water to drink. And on the other hand we have these 1st world countries that have millions of companies and are encapsulated in a sea of wealthy businesses such as Microsoft. It shouldn’t be right that some people live in great luxury with items that are unnecessary where as other people starve to death, with no food or shelter. If world development was working at a faster pace and there were no wars, all the third world countries would be established enough to be classed as a 2nd world country, obviously it would take time but at this rate it isn’t going to get far. Say if one day world development was at its peak, if a asylum seeker or refugee came to the Uk to find a job it would be very easy because the person would have had the right qualifications and a education, where as now a asylum seeker would find it impossible to get a job and he would only get paid the minimum wage. Banks also play a very important role in world development. For instance say a 3rd world country asks for loan from a bank so that it can set up a school so children can get an education. In order to pay this loan back including the interest the 3rd world country has to take out another loan to the pay the first loan therefore leading the country into a cycle of debt. If a 1st world country helped a 3rd world to set it self to make its own income then the country would slowly develop attracting even more new ways of income, such as in the food trade, transportation, holiday vacation etc also opening many possibilities for the rich countries to open trade. By doing this discrimination could be ended and people could not be classed as poor therefore leaving everyone better off and in a happier environment.
A (iii)
The Muslim Aid was set up in 1985 to help poor countries and communities in Africa, Asia and Europe and also help those struck by disasters such as war and famine.
Muslim aid has given emergency aid in many different countries, for example in 1998 Bangladesh was hit by dreadful floods. Muslim Aid helped raise £350,000 to help people with basic needs such as shelter and clean water along with food and medicine.
In South Darfur, Muslim Aid helped provide over 1,000 children with education facilities, this is just one of the many long-term development programs provided by Muslim Aid.
This charity is aimed towards the people who don’t have the basic in life which every human has the right to such as clean water and education. Even though this charity is aimed at Muslims people from different races and religions are also helped, Muslim aid gives people a second chance in life to start again.
Muslims help Muslim aid all over the world by paying Zakat and Sadqah, The Qur'an lays stress on the believers to care for the needy, the orphans, the penniless and the unfortunate members of the society, 'The believers ... are steadfast in prayers, and in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged, for the poor and the destitute. (Qur'an 70:22-24).
Their donations and money raised help communities all over the world that do not have the parity we do. Muslim Aid is backed by religious teachings from the Qur’an for instance
"Whoever saved a life, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind" (Qur’an 5:32).
'For those who give in charity, men and women, and loan to Allah a beautiful loan, it shall be increased manifold (to their credit) and they shall have (besides) a liberal reward.' (Qur'an 57:18)
As you can see Muslim aid is working with the teachings of the Qur’an and also using it as a guideline.
I feel that Muslim Aid is doing an excellent job in providing for the needy, also that it is backed up by many Muslims who pay Zakat, so there will always be donations being given.
B
I believe that there shouldn’t be rich people until all the poverty has been removed because God created the world for all people to share and he created all humans equal. The first priority for the world’s resources is to ensure that everyone’s basic needs are met. No individual, group or country has the right to monopolise or waste resources when there are other people suffering for the lack of those resources. Somebody else’s view might be that if there were no rich people, how would we know who is rich or who is poor, but in the Qur’an and Bible it is mentioned that when a person dies they are not judged by their financial status but by the deeds they have done. Jesus him self was very poor all he did was preach to people.
I my self-feel that I have to disagree with the question because if everyone shared their wealth then their would be no need for all these charities which we donate our money to. Sharing everything could even stop wars as many countries have fought each other for land. And innocent lives would not be taken for foolish reasons. Altogether it would lead to a lot more peaceful planet.
