ZAKAT AND ZAZIA IN ISLAMIC FUNDAS

Submitted by L.M.SHARMA (India), Jun 18, 2009 at 13:31

DEAR HAMID MEHMOOD,

IN INDIA I THINK MANY TIMES MUSLIMS ARE 18% OF OUR POPULATION BUT THEIR REPRESENTATION IN ARMY AND SECURITY FORCES IS ONLY 2% AND SIKHS ARE ONLY 2% BUT HAVING 20%POSTS. IT IS THE PROBLEM OF YOUR FUNDAS OF SHARIAT LAW ONLY IN WHICH YOU EXPLAINED THAT IF NON MUSLIM PAY ZAZIA AND THEY ARE NOT BOUND ABOUT THE SECURITY OF THAT MUSLIM COUNTRY.

YOU SUPPOSE ON THE CONTRARY SIDE IT IS A CLEAR CUT MASSAGE THAT IF MUSLIMS ARE IN MINORITY IN A COUNTRY THEN THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFENCE OF THAT COUNTRY LIKE INDIA, EVEN THEY ARE NOT PAYING ZAZIA IN STEAD OF GIVING BLOOD. SO ALL MUSLIMS SHOULD PAY ZAZIA IN INDIA AND NOT BOTHERED ABOUT SECURITY IN CASE OF WAR BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THEM IT IS THE DUTY OF MAJORITY.

PLEASE THINK DEEPLY ,THIS IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF NON CONFIDENCE BETWEEN MAJORITY AND MUSLIMS. IF PEOPLE LIKE YOU FAVOUR THESE 1400 YEARS OLD LAWS IN THIS MODERN TIME , THEN HOW CAN YOU WIN THE TRUST OF MAJORITY PEOPLES IN INDIA?

AND MOST OF ILLITERATE MUSLIM BROTHER HOOD IS FOLLOWING THESE FUNDAS THEN HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS COUNTRY SAFER WHERE 18% OF OUR POPULATION IS RUNNING AWAY FROM RESPONSIBLITY KEEPING THIS FUNDA IN MIND.

SO PLEASE MAKE IT CLEAR OR REFORM THIS OLDER FUNDA, IF YOU STICK THESE FUNDAS OF SHARIAT LAW THEN BAD TIME OF OUR COUNTRY IS NOT FAR AWAY.

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