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 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.