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Show Biz Star Performs Hajj - Queenie Padilla

 

QUEENIE PADILLA interviewed after performing hajj in Makkah Saudi Arabia. QUEENIE PADILLA is a daughter of the famous celebrity ROBIN PADILLA who is also a Muslim.

  

Interest Rates of 2,000% plus being paid by poor communities

Many people in the poorer sections of the population are borrowing money at very high rates of interest. Some of these loans are known as “payday loans”, i.e. they assist people in need of money in between the days they are paid.

Today, such excessive interest rates payable by the poor seem not to have any limits, even despite the fact they put excessive pressures on people who are already struggling to make ends meet.

Is this the sign of the times, or just another  indication of the inequality of our society?  

Sharia.com launched in 50 Countries Simultaneously

 

At last the Muslim world gets its own free to use international website which aims to reduce hunger and poverty in over 200 cities worldwide. Anyone can list for free their product or service online on this website. The only qualification needed is that the product or service must be halal and suitable for family use and viewing. Any product associated with alcohol, gambling, human trafficking or other unseemly nature will not listed.

Currently Sharia.com is available in over 200 cities in the Middle East, North Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and many European Countries where significant Muslim Communities live. More locations will be added as the website’s popularity increases. Companies who need to reach their local communities can sponsor an existing Sharia.com sub-site or a new Sharia.com website can be launched in their location, thus giving them access to their local markets and a chance to put something back into their local customer community.

During the testing phase; cars, vehicle parts, computers, wedding services, mobile phones, Uhud perfumes, taxi services, restaurants, machinery, etc. have been listed and traded via Sharia.com. For example a person based in Hyderabad, Karachi, Cairo or Nairobi can list an item in their local Sharia.com website so that local people can search and view that item. If the item is for international trade, then it can be listed on the Global Sharia.com website, which is fully searchable by anyone anywhere in the world.

These features allow local traders and individuals to trade locally if they want as well as give them access to international import and export markets if they choose.

Sharia.com has been launched to address the increasing poverty in the Muslim world. International statistics show that Muslims form the largest group of poor people in the world. Islamic communities seem to be affected more by war, ethnic conflicts, famine and natural disasters than those of other large religious denominations in the world. Since there is little or no social security in Muslim Countries, it is estimated that today over 500 million Muslims live on or below the poverty line. Despite these huge numbers of people who are suffering daily from hunger and disease, there is very little co-ordinated and effective international effort to address the desperate conditions of these people.

Sharia.com hopes to bring attention to these issues by inviting individuals to join in the trading community. Combining the efforts and interaction of these individuals can be a powerful mechanism to reduce poverty and hunger. The idea is that if you give aid to a person for a few weeks, then they will be hungry again. However, if you offer a person a free method of trading their labour, product or service in their town or city then he or she can create income for living a life of dignity by utilising the free online trading opportunity Sharia.com offers to them.

Sharia.com hopes to bring attention to these issues by inviting individuals to join in the trading community. Combining the efforts and interaction of these individuals can be a powerful mechanism to reduce poverty and hunger. The idea is that if you give aid to a person for a few weeks, then they will be hungry again. However, if you offer a person a free method of trading their labour, product or service in their town or city then he or she can create income for living a life of dignity by utilising the free online trading opportunities Sharia.com offers.

Sharia.com is a grass roots campaigning community utilising people power to reduce poverty and hunger worldwide. Sharia.com invites all individuals and parties to respond with their ideas and support in order to enable Sharia.com to succeed in its endeavours to reduce world poverty and hunger. Today there is an urgent need to assist poverty stricken people to escape the vicious cycle of poverty, ignorance and disease.

Sharia.com is an idea launched by Mr Shafique Azam who is based in the United Kingdom; its motto is “trade can reduce poverty”. Mr Azam states: “What made me launch Sharia.com is that, I have spend over 20 years working with many of the worlds top 1,000 companies, designing and establish leading edge telecommunications and IT solutions so that they may enhance their business performance and profitability. I am now using this experience and knowledge to develop an Internet Protocol technology solution to address the “digital divide” and the massive wealth inequality that exists in the world today.  He goes on to say” addressing the  gap between the haves and have-nots is the most important issue facing mankind today and I am prepared to devote the rest of my working   life to make a difference”.

Iran shoots down US drone | World news | guardian.co.uk

Iranian military official quoted as warning of crushing response after unmanned spy plane is shot down

via www.guardian.co.uk

Iran armed forces shoot down an unmaned US Drone.

Farooq Murad - Muslim Council of Britain, Secretary General

Farooq Murad - Muslim Council of Britain, Secretary General

Named as one of London's 1000 most influential people 2011, published in London Evening Standard.

End World Poverty and Hunger

End World Poverty and Hunger now.

 

End World Poverty and Hunger Now

In a world of plenty
Hunger and Poverty is a
crime against humanity.
Today over 2 billion people live in abject poverty.
Wealthy communities of the world are getting richer and consume an ever increasing amount of food and energy.
Unfair trade rules create poverty.
Allow the poor access to world markets.
Trade can help the poor to escape poverty with dignity and pride.
What are YOU going to do to help end Poverty and Hunger?
Act now - Fulfil your Social Responsibility.

Africa Famine Continues

Horn of Africa Famine still continues.

Horn of Africa famine

There have been 42 droughts in the Horn of Africa since 1980, affecting an estimated 109 million people
47 million people have experienced drought in the region in the last decade. Animals are dying at a rate 40 to 60 percent above normal. Increasing numbers of refugees from Somalia are crossing the border into Kenya – up to 2,000 a day in some places. The mortality rate reaches five people per 10,000 per day. Acute malnutrition rates above 30 percent. 1.25 million children across southern Somalia are in urgent need of life-saving assistance. Approximately 1,300 refugees are arriving each day at the Dadaab camp in northeastern Kenya. These are merely a few facts that I have gathered during my research.

World Leaders Once Again Fail the Famine Victims in the Horn of Africa

Raise huge amounts of donations using social networks and one-one contacts to buy food, medicine, shelter and essential supplies needed to survive. Facebook page Africa Aid 2011

Africa Aid 2011 – Stop the Famine

A huge people powered effort is now needed to stop the hunger and starvation suffered by millions in the Horn of Africa. The “Africa Aid 2011 – Stop the Famine” campaign is launched by http://www.Sharia.com .

Over 10 million people are affected by the severe famine, which has clearly been developing over the last 6 months and flagged to the international community on numerous occasions. We are once again seeing history being repeated in this region, where millions died in the previous famines not so long ago. Governments, United Nations and Charities have still not put in sufficient resources to cope with the tens of thousands of people who are in camps seeking basic food, water, shelter and medical care.

The question that quickly leaps to one’s mind is that, how is it possible that in 2011 such a desperate situation has been allowed to develop? The internet and modern communications allows leaders and senior decision makers to easily ascertain as to the seriousness and magnitude of tsunamis, earth quakes, floods and famines around the globe.

The Horn of Africa crisis has received inadequate media coverage, inadequate action by governments, inadequate response from The United Nations and inadequate action by the charities sector. Following this crisis now for some weeks, one can feel a huge sense of frustration. The little media coverage that is given to this crisis shows horrendous scenes of starving babies, emaciated children and their mothers.

To make a donation or to assist in this effort please go to www.Sharia.com to learn more.

Shafique MB Azam

Sharia Times

Horn of Africa Crisis “people effort”.

Horn of Africa Crisis –

For over a week I have toyed with idea of organising a “people effort” for Africa. Now, I think it is a must! Governments & NGO’s are not doing enough.

Please join in. See how you can contribute visit  http://www.Sharia.com