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True face of rising seculars that are ready to lick the boots of same west and US that killed thousands of muslims yet their sympathies lie with west not innocent muslims.I hope one day...it back lashes them one day soon.
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True face of rising seculars that are ready to lick the boots of same west and US that killed thousands of muslims yet their sympathies lie with west not innocent muslims.I hope one day...it back lashes them one day soon.sigpic"When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" (2.11)
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13) -
The Ruling on Helping the Kuffar Against the Muslims
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Allah (azza wa jall) said: “O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as allies; they are but allies to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as allies then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the wrongdoers.” (al-Ma’idah 5/51)
Shaykh Sulayman ibn Abdullah al-ash-Shaykh said commenting on this Ayah: “Hence, the Glorified and Exalted forbade the believers from taking the Jews and Christians as allies and He has informed (them) that whoever from the believers allies himself with them then he is from them. Similar to this is the ruling for the one who allies himself with the Kuffar from the Majus and idol worshipers, they are from them.” (ad-Durrar as-Sanniyyah, 8/127)
“Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the wrongdoers.” The oppression here is the greater oppression as the Most High said: “And the kafirun are the oppressors.” (al-Baqarah 2/254)*
Ibn Jarir said: “He, Exalted is His mention, means by that: verily Allah does not give Tawfiq (capability and success) to the one who placed allegiance in its place whereby he allied himself with the Jews and Christians despite all of their enmity towards Allah, His Messenger and the believers as well as being a helper and a victor for them against the believers. This is because whoever allies with them, then they are war with Allah, His Messenger and the believers.” (Tafsir)
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Ibn Jarir (rahimahullaah) also said in commentary upon this Ayah: “The correct view in that matter according to us is that it should be said: Verily Allah, Exalted be His mention, forbade all of the believers in entirety from taking the Jews and the Christians as helpers and allies against the people of Iman in Allah and His Messenger. He has informed that whoever takes them as helpers, allies and friends besides Allah, His Messenger and the believers then surely he is from them in partisanship against Allah, His Messenger and the believers and Allah and His Messenger are free from him.” (Tafsir)
“And you see those in whose hearts there is a disease (of hypocrisy), they hurry to their friendship, saying: We fear lest some misfortune of a disaster may befall us. Perhaps Allah may bring a victory or a decision according to His Will. Then they will become regretful for what they have been keeping as a secret in themselves.”*
Ibn Kathir said: “And the Words of the Most High: And you see those in whose hearts there is a disease. Meaning: Doubt, suspicion, and Nifaq. They hurry to their friendship. Meaning: They are rushing to their Muwalat and love both inwardly and outwardly. Saying: “We fear lest some misfortune of a disaster may befall us.” Meaning: They use as a ta’wil for their love and Muwalat the fact that they fear something will happen of the kafirun becoming victorious over the Muslims so they will take assistance from the Jews and Christians so that that will benefit them.”*
“Those who believe say: Are these the men (hypocrites) who swore their strongest oaths by Allah that they were with you?” All that they did has been in vain, and they have become the losers. O you who believe! Whoever from among you turns back from his religion, Allah will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Him; humble towards the believers, stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in the Way of Allah, and never afraid of the blame of the blamers. That is the Grace of Allah that He bestows on whom He wills. And Allah is All Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All Knower. Verily, your Protector and Helper is Allah, His Messenger, and the believers, those who perform the Prayer, and give Zakah, and they bow down. And whosoever takes Allah, His Messenger, and those who have believed, as *Protectors, then the party of Allah will be the victorious.” (al-Ma’idah 5/53-56)*
sigpic"When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" (2.11)
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13)Comment
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They are nothing but trouble makers, should be rounded upComment
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What a surprise that the brainless [MENTION=17871]ghumbasa[/MENTION] the ghulam of punjab is defending killers and rapist, again, what is wrong with you? I really hope that you will find the light you disgusting creature.Comment
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1. I don't know what Ghumbasa has said as he is on my ignore. However I know Ghumbasa is a Pakistani nationalist who has insulted Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Balochis and so forth.Originally posted by Khostai View Post
2. Jamaat e "Islami" is a party which gets around 5% of votes in Bangladesh but are heavily supported by Saudi Arabia thus their disproportionate power.
3. Even in Pakistan, most educated Pakistanis hate them.
4. The long-term solution to dealing with them is to improve the economy and education, a more prosperous and developed society is one which is less attracted to backwards religious extremism.
I am very religious e.g. I pray 5 times a day and sometimes Tahajjud but the pseudo-Islam of "traditional Islam" is not the real Islam of the Quran so many of these "Islamist" groups are dangerous because the ideology they promote - which people think is Islam but not - leads many people to hating "Islam".
Anyway the main threat to Bangladesh is the strong Saudi support for the Jamaat.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Comment
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Put the blame on groups and make yourself clear out of your support for secular parties like corrupt awami league and their corruption is also blamed on jamaat.Your nationalism is quite rampant no need for me to repeat about the nationalistic threads you ve created in love for bangladesh while calling yourself religious at the same time.Islam has nothing to do with nationalism.Those promoting nationalism ll be raised on day of judgement not with muslims but with those whom he supported.Originally posted by Bengal_Tiger View Post
I am on your ignore list but your oral diarrhoea about me comes time to time..including those copy paste garbadge news that is not the true progress on BD. Bangladeshies are dying to go to west and come out of those party clashes in there...not to mention witch haseena s boot licking behavior to west and killing jamatis.1971 drama is beaten about the bush thousand times...even pakistan and india had many people killed yet they dont discuss those killings as much as you do.BD is as much an american created country as pakistan and india by brits.
Jamat e islami comprises of 80 percent pashtuns.So indirectly you are attacking pashtuns while at the same time showing artificial love for afghans ....hypocrisy.And leme guess ...what interest a bangladeshi nationalist could ve in pakistan s provinces? Ill intentions.Quite evident from your posts.Stay with your nationalistic ideas.Suits the likes of you better.sigpic"When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" (2.11)
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13)Comment
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Scores of demonstrators and police officers were injured during anti-government clashes in the industrial towns of Fatullah and Kanchpur, outside the capital Dhaka, police and local media said.
The main opposition*Bangladesh*Nationalist Party (BNP) and various Islamist parties called for the nationwide strike from Sunday morning to demand the vow in "absolute faith in Allah" be reinstated as a pillar of the constitution.
The government last month made changes to bolster the secular character of the original 1972 constitution, although Islam was retained as the state religion.
In a wave of political unrest, the BNP and its allies have also enforced a recent series of strikes over changes to the electoral system that they say unfairly favour the incumbent government.
Much of Bangladesh has been shut down for four of the last eight days and on Sunday shops, businesses and schools were closed.
Fatullah, home to hundreds of factories making clothes for top global retailers, was hit by hours of fighting on Sunday as police battled with 600 protesters – mostly madrassa students – who threw bricks and blocked roads.
"The activists attacked us. They beat seven of our officers who are injured. We shot rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the unruly crowds," Fatullah police chief Ainul Haq said.
Haq did not say whether any protesters were injured, but private Bangla Vision television put the injury toll at around 50.
At Kanchpur, the main highway linking Dhaka with the port city of Chittagong turned into a battleground as police broke up protesters who were armed with bamboo sticks.
"Chanting 'There is no God but Allah'", up to 3,000 protesters blocked the highway in the morning and burned tyres," district police chief Sheikh Nazmul Alam said.
He said at least 12 police officers were injured in clashes as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to clear the road.
Police also fired from close range at a barber shop where some protesters had taken refuge, according to witnesses. The assault left several demonstrators were bleeding from head wounds.
Some of the clashes were between pro- and anti-strike supporters, police said.
In Dhaka, police baton-charged protesters trying to march in front of a mosque in the city centre.
Moshiur Rahmand, a doctor at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said about 20 injured people had been admitted for treatment.
Police spokesman Masud Ahmed said magistrates were on duty to hand out on-the-spot jail terms to rioters.
In Chittagong, dozens of people were arrested in a predawn swoop on the protesters, city police chief Meshbah Uddin Ahmed said.
Cargo deliveries were suspended at Chittagong port, which handles 90 per cent of the country's $50 billion foreign trade.
A secular supporting a nationalist and expecting light from others.What people of past did was theirs work...and what people today ll be judged for their actions.No soul ll carry the burden of other soul.BD is as much an american created country as that of pakistan and india.So stop acting as if its some heavenly place.Religious clasehes and political corruption with attacks on protestors is quite common there.Closing eyes like a pigeon wont change the fact that its a country that had problems before 71...and still has problems after 71..because its stuck in past events.Its not progressing.All the time they chant 71 stories.Those killers or rapists are dead long ago.Bdeshies should move on.Originally posted by Khostai View Postsigpic"When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" (2.11)
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13)Comment
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They are not dead most of the leaders are alive who gave premission o kill and rape, and theire disgusting ideology of violence is still there, its like saing that today Neo-Nazi should be given political place in the goverment and should be accepted by the country, becuase they had nothing to do with the killing of millions of people, the ones that did that are dead, do you realise how dum you sound???Originally posted by ghumbasa View PostComment
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71 incident of bangladesh is blown out of proportion more so than nazism even.And that too after decades....so who s been xenophobic? Do you realise how dumb you sound that today jamat e islami in pakistan has 80 percent pashtuns that too have nothing to do with bangladesh...they are those people who came to practicing deen nothing to do with politics either.They include people from every walk of life.Originally posted by Khostai View Post
Those that did rape or murder etc were 20 to 40 yrs or so at the time are already old or dead by now that too in BD.So this baseless claim that today s jamati are killers bla bla doesnt count much.
If BD has problems of terrorism...so does every country.Spies network operate everywhere so what do you expect countries to sitback and watch while neighbouring countries interefer? Dont blame muslims or ji for work of spies....Or i can go for same too.Look at this forum ...itself speaks number of posters pretending pashtuns but speak in favor of shiva,fairy tale stories of hindu gods....Calling islam absurd.Truth cannot be kept hidden for long and it gets exposed with humiliation.Similarly lies too has limits.sigpic"When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" (2.11)
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13)Comment
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Name calling or personal attacks comes when no logic or truth is there to present.Originally posted by Khostai View Postsigpic"When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" (2.11)
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13)Comment
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Khostai thanks for defending the truth against this Pakistani propagandist and troll "ghumbasa".Originally posted by Khostai View Post
1. Jamaat e "Islami" in Bangladesh only exists due to Saudi pressure, otherwise they would be banned.
2. It is a violent political organization even today in terms of street violence and terrorism by its "youth" wing, Shibir.
A cable sent on February 10, 2010 by then ambassador to Dhaka James F Moriarty mentioned Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Abdur Razzaq acknowledging the killing of RU master’s final year student Faruk Hossain on February 8 by Chhatra Shibir men.
Faruk, a student of mathematics, was killed in an attack at Shah Mukdum Hall and the corpse shoved down a manhole while many others were injured on the campus following a confrontation between the two student groups of Awami League and Jamaat.
Police said Faruk had been hacked in the television room of the dormitory around 2am and dumped into a manhole. His body was recovered the next morning.
Equipped with Chinese axes, hammers, rods, machetes and daggers, the Shibir members entered the hall led by Ahad, hall unit general secretary, and Anis, former hall president, police said.
Terming the murder “inhumane, regrettable, and indefensible,” Razzaq said Jamaat would cooperate fully in any investigation on the incident.
According to Razzaq, the clash had started as a small incident in the early evening at a dorm between four male students, two from Chhatra League and two from Chhatra Shibir.
The confrontation had led over 1,500 Shibir to gather later in the evening. “The Shibir students had reportedly gone on a rampage, killing one Chhatra League member and shoving his corpse down a manhole. Chhatra Shibir activists also allegedly slit the tendons of a number of Chhatra League members.”
90% of Bangladeshis sincerely hope that this organization is ended forever in Bangladesh.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Comment
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You seem to be a chronic troll with all bdesh 71 propaganda and the killings thatserves no purpose whatsoever on a pashtun forum cept if you expect clashes within muslims in other regions shows your bigotism.You ve problems with every muslim and islam not just saudis.Originally posted by Bengal_Tiger View PostKhostai thanks for defending the truth against this Pakistani propagandist and troll "ghumbasa".
1. Jamaat e "Islami" in Bangladesh only exists due to Saudi pressure, otherwise they would be banned.
2. It is a violent political organization even today in terms of street violence and terrorism by its "youth" wing, Shibir.
90% of Bangladeshis sincerely hope that this organization is ended forever in Bangladesh.
Seeing you as a 71 old hap propaganda reminds meof antisemitism hype.Move on ...the world has moved on from 71 or 47 events.You narriw mind is stuck in old events like a bigot.Blame of every fart that bdeshi passes on is put on saudis or pakistanis or jamatis as if bdesh is some paradise.Everyone there wana run to west for a good life.I am sure you too are one among them.sigpic"When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" (2.11)
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13)Comment
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POVERTY IN BANGLADESH:
An agricultural country
For decades, poverty in Bangladesh was more concentrated than any other place. What does it mean? Simply that the country has one of the highest percentage of poor people per square mile.
With about 150 million inhabitants, 80% of whom are rurals and poverty rates over 40%, it shows that agriculture is really a vital sector to the country. Of the whole rural population, almost half of them are considered landless (own less than half an acre of land).
An exploited population
The core of the problem with poverty in Bangladesh remains the way the society is organized. To be more specific, the society is organized in classes so that an elite class dominates the others and exploits them.
Most of what is produced goes directly into the hands of this elite and the harvest from agriculture itself is far from miraculous: the whole infrastructure and techniques are far too underdeveloped. Extreme poverty in Bangladesh is such a problem that any minor change in food prices or weather (storm) can threaten the lives of millions of people.
In this setting, it’s no wonder that this country has seen the birth of one of the most innovative anti-poverty strategy: microfinance, thanks to Nobel prize*Muhammad Yunus. Now let’s try to understand the different problems and solutions that have had an impact on poverty in Bangladesh.
Early Anti-Poverty Programs
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Poverty in Bangladesh… A lost war ?
Quite a lot of programs have been tried since the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, and to tell the truth, most have failed. To many experts, it makes no doubt that this is because no program has tried to change the status quo concerning the excessive power of a few landlords over the majority of the population.
Obviously, each time an anti-poverty program fails it gives more fuel to the richer class to argue that there’s no point trying to help the poor. But the truth is that each program was doomed from the beginning because it could only have so much impact on the social inequalities in Bangladesh.
Trying the liberal approach
There was a change in the 1990s in the way big organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank tried to help developing countries. In fact this change happened worldwide, including in developed countries and the way they ran the nation. This change was (and still is) led by a neo-liberal doctrine that says that the state isn’t efficient enough in delivering services or humanitarian aid. Which is true, to some extent. Therefore, the idea was to rely uniquely on the market (private companies) as well as NGOs to help develop the country’s economy.
Considering the massive corruption and lack of interest from the political class in tackling poverty in Bangladesh, it did sound like a good idea at the time. Not that it created a catastrophe at all, but as NGOs become the main channel for delivering aid and did reach millions more people than the State ever could, it also became obvious that their impact was very limited.
What to do then?
The problem with NGOs is that, just like any state, they have been unable to reach enough people and they often proved just as inefficient as the state in delivering aid. On top of that, there has been a massive lack of cooperation between the state and NGOs to help the local population, in particular rural Bangladeshis.
The interest in NGOs from big donors proves an obstacle to real change: the reform of the state. What over 100 years of development has shown is that most countries that are today considered developed have managed to do so by massively investing in infrastructure and in creating an economy (e.g. protect burgeoning industries). In the case of poverty in Bangladesh, it’s clear that the current government won’t and can’t bring the change that is needed. NGOs work great when delivering emergency relief and aid, and when working in coordination with local governments. But they can’t lay the tracks for an entire country to grow an economy and sound institutions that protect and serve its citizens.
Causes of Poverty in Bangladesh
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Factors contributing to poverty
A study over 15 years has shown that there is a huge variety of factors that influence poverty. Better education, having more land, a better job (not so common it seems), but also the size of the family and where people lived all affected their level of poverty and how much they consumed.
Where families were small and women allowed to work or go to school, families were substantially less poor than others. In fact education proved to matter just as much as land ownership in reducing inequalities and improving income both in urban and rural Bangladesh.
Poor areas and poor people
Research comparing regional*poverty in Bangladesh*is compelling: poor areas aren’t poor because of the people who live there. Poverty is also a geographical problem: these areas are poor because they provide much less schools on average, much less roads and connected villages and towns and much less infrastructure in general.
This worsens the life of the poor as it makes it much harder for them to meet their basic needs, sell their crops, find decent housing and send their kids to school. So, any sound anti-poverty program can’t neglect the importance of addressing geographic poverty and improve local infrastructure as well as provide training for the locals.
Child labor in Bangladesh
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A major cause of poverty in Bangladesh
Child labor is a growing problem in many countries that affects hundreds of millions of children. In Bangladesh, the problem concerns above 6 million kids – nearly 15% of the children in the country. Unfortunately, children also represent a huge share of the country’s workforce, thus creating a vicious economic dependency on child labor.
This situation denies these kids their right to education and often leaves them with diseases caught at work – occupational hazards that will often follow them for life. As the country depends so much on agriculture, child labor fuels mostly the need for more “men” in the fields. But the situation has now diversified and Bangladeshi kids get the chance to work in all kinds of settings: factories (cigarette, biscuits, salt processing), as well as in textile and housework.
Causes of child labor
It goes without saying that poverty is the main cause of child labor in Bangladesh, and that parents would be happy to send their kids to school (or to the playground) if they could afford to. But it’s not just a matter of money; in rural Bangladesh primary schools are not that easy to find either.
Some parents also believe that sending girls to school is just wrong, some others aren’t aware of the consequences of child labor: life-long diseases, lack of skills for life and brain development issues to name just a few. Parents aren’t the only culprits either. There are clear labor laws against child labor in Bangladesh, but they’re completely ignored by employers who are happy to hire cheap labor (in case you were wondering, kids cost less than adults). Better invest in laws against exploitation and poverty in Bangladesh.
Child labor statistics – How bad is it?
Boys are more concerned with child labor and make up almost 60% of child workers. On average their age is between 12-14 years old and “luckily” not so many of them work in health-threatening factories. The biggest proportion of child workers are found in fields and almost half of them will never go to school.
Child labor represents a real income that is essential to the survival of many families, so banning it is definitely not the solution. The only way to end it is to reduce poverty and educate the parents on the benefits of education for their kids. If child labor is to become a crime, then the government has to think of ways to help families that need the extra income to meet their basic needs in terms of food and clothing.
There is also the risk that if kicked out of proper factories and “real jobs”, kids will end up working in much riskier and/or degrading jobs, from prostitution to crime. Finally, schools and education programs need a good revamp too as their diplomas hardly help people finding a job (except maybe in trade). Sending your kids to school so that they can become unemployed doesn’t sound like a good trade-off to many parents.
How to fight poverty in Bangladesh now?
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The role of technology
The adoption of technology can change things radically and very quickly. In a way, it’s also been the cause of more inequalities. Villages that were the early adopters of modern agriculture with better machines and seeds saw their income improve so fast that it created huge wealth inequalities with other villages.
Therefore, to avoid future tensions and disparities within the population, it’s also the government’s role to make sure that everyone can have easy or affordable access to these new technologies. Spreading technology in agriculture is an essential part of reducing poverty in Bangladesh and will help improve average living standards in the country.
Also, it’s important that NGOs and the government keep on providing training to local farmers so that they can figure out the most sustainable and productive way to manage their crops. Obviously, focusing on pseudo-modern techniques such as intensive agriculture on a unique crop proves neither sustainable not that efficient. In general a mix of rice, wheat but also some fruits and vegetables is best for the soil to remain rich and more productive – as intensive agriculture tends to exhaust it and lead to erosion.
The Ganokendra – A new tool
A Ganokendra is a sort of community center dedicated to lifelong education, training and poverty reduction. It has a particular focus on women and empowering people suffering from exclusion (again, women).
It’s one of the new tools created to help Bangladesh meet the Millennium Development Goals (UN targets of ending global poverty). Investing in human capital is indeed the new focus of many anti-poverty strategies, and as such the case of women shows a massive waste of potential. In fact, women not only suffer most from poverty in Bangladesh (child marriage, sexual violence), they’re also abused and neglected on a regular basis.
So how helpful are Ganokendras? These centers provide everything from accommodation to training courses and financial support. And they have indeed been quite successful; precisely because they aim at offering lifelong skills: reading, counting, earning a living, dealing with legal problems (e.g. local government) or family crises.
The success of Ganokendras
They make people aware of services provided by the government and of their rights as citizens. The success of these community centers is also due to the huge resources they have in terms of reading material that make learning entertaining and packed with useful information (health, culture, society, human rights, environment, etc). In areas where Ganokendras where available, the results where unmatched by any other development strategy: 100% of kids were going to primary school regularly and all members of the community centers without exception made correct use of basic hygiene.
On top of that, women got better understanding of the importance of contraception and family planning to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Teaching parents how to read also sparked a new enthusiasm for education – in both adults and children – which also contributed to successful micro-credit programs where very small loans were given to poor farmers. Obviously, it’s easier to give back the money you owe (and deal with your own finances) when you know how to count.
There are still many aspects to improve in terms of managing these centers, providing them with enough resources, trained staff and accommodation; but on the whole it looks like a successful experience to be replicated elsewhere or taken to a larger scale.
Muhammad Yunus - Micro-credit & poverty in Bangladesh
“Credit is a human right”, once declared Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen bank and inventor of micro-credit. What is micro-credit? It consists in lending money to the very poor, who are otherwise considered not viable by traditional banks.
- See more at: http://www.poverties.org/poverty-in-....dAiDlTUY.dpufsigpic"When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" (2.11)
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13)Comment
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The loans are usually very small but do make a difference to the bottom poor. Alternatively, these loans are also made considering an entire group as the borrower, so that everyone is responsible and hopefully the money benefits an entire community, generating new employment opportunities. In that sense, micro-credit is finally filling the gap created by the failure of traditional banks. Impossible of access to finance has long been one of the greatest causes of exclusion that contribute to poverty in Bangladesh.
Micro-credit has also changed the rules of the game by offering much simpler application
procedures (most of the poor can’t read anyway) and stopped the age-old habit of charging insanely high interest rates. Making people become massively indebted is one of the oldest ways to create slavery and/or exploitation (“you owe me so much that you have to work for me your whole life”).
Today, micro-finance has become one of the most popular anti-poverty programs but many organizations forget about the importance to measure the impact and make sure that targets are met. Otherwise, there is a risk that funding for this type of strategy will wane as results do. The experience of fighting poverty in Bangladesh and other countries has indeed shown that some communities indeed see their lives improve a lot more, but that others also struggle with their additional debt and only become poorer. Therefore, micro-finance now needs a re-assessment to keep the best programs only and avoid aggravating the situation.
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And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not."(2.13)Comment
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