Wednesday 26 November 2008

The trouble with Muslims....

Well this is so much of a controversial topic many people walk away when it comes to even talking about the problems that Muslims in the UK face.

However, if Muslims are to organise in the UK, then its essential that not only does this happen but that it appears to happen with integrity and proper consultation. The problem is that many of the existing organisations just dont have the high competency levels, clarity of purpose or real integrtiy that is essential to creating institutions of the calibre needed to be given a mandate by Muslims. Exiles and political extremists are not the people the British Muslims need for the important job of representing them. Such attempts can only be counterproductive.

So what happens is that the government tries to find people who can speak on behalf of Muslims (assuming they can speak English init) without realising many of them have been discredited and have serious allegations of corruption or embezzlement laid against them.

Is this true or not? Who knows the dirt?

TRUTH, INTEGRITY & ACCOUNTABILITY - our RIGHT.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well is about time someone brought these issues out into the open. For far to long have such things been brushed under the carpet for someone else to worry about. well done.

I have some questions about the Khums and marja'iyyah rules for spending it. I saw other people ask these questions.

"We all know the rules for giving khums but does anyone know the details of how the wukalaa are supposed to collect,keep & transfer it to the office of the marja'?

Do we know what the rules are for the office of the marja' when it comes to spending it and investing it and profiting from it.

I used to think the Khums must mostly be spent each year on the poor. But now I see there is no tranparency or accoutability at all. Who is running these large sums of money. The ulema and mara'ja are all living poorly so where is it going?

Does the sharia say anything about accounting for what is spent and what is kept?

When a marja' dies what are the rules for the tranfer of the khums to the next marja. Can the previous organisation keep some of it or all of it etc?

If the previous organisation keep it then what does the shariah say about this?

Does anyone know how this process really works OR is this none of our business because we dont need to go there?"

cheers