Theme F - Human Rights + Social Justice

• social justice

  • parable of the sheep and goats
  • annual zakat donation
• equality

  • you are all 1 in christ (bible)
  • people are equal as the teeth of a comb (hadith)
• for homosexuality

  • agape
  • 'made in Gods creation'
  • hypocrisy
• against homosexuality

  • it is a detestable act (bible)
  • men who practise homosexuality ... will not inherit the kingdom of God (bible)
  • ye are indeed a people transgressing (Quran)
• religious freedom

  • live at peace with everyone (bible)
  • watch out for those who cause divisions (bible)
  • the truth has come ... let those who wish to reject it do so (Quran)
• racism

  • the same Lord is the Lord of all (bible)
  • if you show favouritism you sin (bible)
  • a white person is not better than a black person nor is a black person better than a white person (The Prophet)
  • we have made you ... into nations and tribes so that you may get to know one another (bible)
• woman status

  • woman should remain silent in churches (bible)
  • wives should submit to their husbands in everything (bible)
  • there is neither male nor female (bible)
• wealth

  • no one can serve 2 masters (bible)
  • it is hard for a rich man to enter ... heaven (bible)
  • command those who are rich in this world to be generous (bible)
  • abraham was very rich (bible)
  • in giving he would put a king to shame (Ibn Abbas)
  • your wealth ... is but a trial (Quran)
  • true wealth is the richness of the soul (Hadith)
• giving money to the poor

  • give to those who ask and dont refuse those who wish to borrow from you (bible)
  • if a man wont work he shallnt eat (bible)
  • do not withhold your wealth (Hadith)
  • the charity you give will be your shade on judgement day (The Prophet)
  • whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother Allah will fulfil his needs (Hadith)