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ISLAM AND SOCIAL SERVICE

 

Thanks to Islamic renaissance that has given impetus to the positive developments in the Muslim society, Islam as a complete code of life is increasingly emphasized. The present study is an attempt to find out correlation between social service and Islam the Godly Ordained Path. However, before we touch upon the Islamic concept of social service, its motives, the directives given and the measures required to be adopted, it would not be inapt to have a cursory view on the modern concept of social service.

 
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
   
   
   
 
   
 
   
   
 
 
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‘No money, no worry!’
Islamic civil society in Indonesia has a great role to play in community development

Although the term ‘philanthropy’ is relatively new in Indonesia, and there is no precise translation for it as yet, the practice of philanthropy has existed for centuries. In Indonesia, as in other Islamic communities, Islamic charity is a form of philanthropy. Philanthropy can take the form of zakat (tithes), infak / sedekah (alms) and waqaf (religious foundations or property donated for religious or community use). It aims to enhance community empowerment and economic justice.

 
 

Provisions for Muslims in Budget 2006

 
At the outset I take this privilege to congratulate you for unveiling 14-point action plan for stock-taking of the conditions of the scheduled castes and tribes of the country. It was need of the hour as the most deprived and discriminated section of society was not fully getting the fruits of the affirmative actions of the government. 
 
 

Report of One-Day Conference

 
Networking of NGOs of India

This is a brief report of one-day conference on ‘Networking of NGOs of India’ organized under the aegis of All India Council of Muslim Economic Upliftment Ltd. (AICMEU), Mumbai on 31 July 2003 at the Conference Hall of Hotel Sahil, Grant Road, Mumbai. The conference was participated by more than 60 active NGOs hailing from all over India, although majority of them was from Maharashtra state. The prime objective of the meet was to explore the possibility of networking among the NGOs working for similar objectives. The conference was addressed by experts of international repute, apart from those having rich experience in the field of welfare and developmental programmes within the country. Indeed, the meet was an outcome of thinking of some leading activists for last one and half decades. The participating organizations were mainly chosen on the basis of their significant contribution in the progress and advancement of weaker sections of the Indian society such as minorities, women, Dalits, destitute, etc.

 
 

INDIAN MUSLIM NGO CHARTER

WE, THE INDIAN MUSLIM NGOS

 
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WE MOVE FROM
  1. Charity to Solidarity
  2. Patronage to partnership
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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