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**incimisiche** · 09-04-2012, 04:22 AM

BTW

I forgot to say in my previous post, Muslims used to have hospitals and other charitable endowments funded by voluntary contributions and waqfs (singular) or awqafs (plural).

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-n...rn-about-awqaf

Speaking at the Dubai International Conference for Awqaf today, Dr Tarak Abdullah, an associate professor at Zayed University, said greater awareness of the tradition was needed.

"We need to educate out children from the early stages in school to understand the concepts and the perspectives of such institutions," said Dr Abdullah. "We should build a culture that understands awqaf and its role in developing the communities and fulfilling the need of our societies. And taxation is theft..if you want to voluntarily pay..fine you can do so, but you cannot force other to do it. Allah gave us freedom to decide...no one can force anyone to part with their property by force.

09-04-2012, 04:22 AM	#10
incimisiche Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 418 Senior Member	BTW I forgot to say in my previous post, Muslims used to have hospitals and other charitable endowments funded by voluntary contributions and waqfs (singular) or awqafs (plural). http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-n...rn-about-awqaf Speaking at the Dubai International Conference for Awqaf today, Dr Tarak Abdullah, an associate professor at Zayed University, said greater awareness of the tradition was needed. "We need to educate out children from the early stages in school to understand the concepts and the perspectives of such institutions," said Dr Abdullah. "We should build a culture that understands awqaf and its role in developing the communities and fulfilling the need of our societies. And taxation is theft..if you want to voluntarily pay..fine you can do so, but you cannot force other to do it. Allah gave us freedom to decide...no one can force anyone to part with their property by force.
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