[Piemonedmow]

Anyone else notice all the wastage of money that goes on in these charities? I get fully printed envelopes and brochures every year...all that money, paper, ink goes right into the bin.

Charities perform a function....but they should be temporary because for Muslims it is the khalifah who collects Zakat and re-distributes it to needy people...we should not make these charities into a substitute for the khalifah. The Khalifah would also stop riba and interest based banking, trade and finance so many of the problems of war and poverty caused by riba would diminish.

Muslim charities should be encouraged to stop wasting money or trying to guilt people into giving them money. People coming to my door almost everyday in ramadan for collections.