From: Prathiba Sundaram <prathibasam@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Zakat will bring Peace among INDIANS
To: z bangla-vision <bangla-vision@yahoogroups.com>
| Most of the Indians are Below Poverty Line (BPL) or not getting enough food to sustain. Many of them are living in slums and temporary shelters and have no home or piece of land to build a hut. The situation is pathetic. Our Political Parties and its leaders, Central and State Governments, Ministers and Parliamentarians are in deep discussion about Nuclear Energy and modern Defense systems. Poor Indians are the majority and India is a Democratic nation! Their fate is not at all a discussing matter to the rulers and elites! More explanations are not at all needed to explain the tragic situation of the Indian laymen. It is very humorous to know that some of the Indians are in the Forbes List of the Richest in the world. Who gives the arms and ammunitions to Maoists or the Leftists or Dalits or Adivasis is also being discussed. The seeding, watering and manure for the laymen's uprising is done by the Government of India and State Government itself and no one else. Indian authority can't close their eyes and moves forward further. The People are being organized and they are in a 'Do' or 'Die' position. 10% of the Indian elites are holding 90% of the total wealth. And 90% have to share 10%. Indian rulers and Parliament are not in a position to find out any solution to eradicate poverty of the masses. Here comes a noble idea to adopt a method to solace the laymen, farmers and laborers. West adopted Islamic Banking to fight against financial malpractices and exorbitant interest and usury. Indian is trying to establish Islamic Banking systems in India. The method to eradicate poverty is also can take from Islamic ideology. Impose ZAKAT. ZAKAT means purify and grow. The financially elite community should purify their wealth and let them allow growing. A wider study is needed for the implementation of compulsory ZAKAT. Normally it is 2.5% of the total wealth for the remaining after one completed year's expenditure. It is for the total assets and there are exemptions for minimum basic wealth (64 grams of gold). While the one's own dwelling home is free from ZAKAT, the rented building will attract ZAKAT. Agriculture land owners also have to pay the ZAKAT; though it is in different categories - related to human effort needed land (for watering etc.) or human works not needed land. A thorough systematic study is needed before implementing such laws in India and the Central government should appoint a High Level Committee to study and enforce ZAKAT in India, and it is the only choice to relieve the poor Indians from poverty. Then only the laymen will feel the brotherly human approach from the elites and they will not revolt to the riches. To quell the uprisings of the poor, army is not at all a remedy, but further increase the gap between the rich and poor. The only available remedy seems is Islamic ZAKAT. Prathiba |
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Palash Biswas
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