Age Of Charity
From the Guardian Unlimited:
The 19th century was the age of capitalism, the 20th the age of socialism. It seems that the 21st will be the age of charity
Other stories:
Jackie Chan to leave half his wealth to charity
Warren Buffett donated $37 billion to charity
Seattle at forefront of giving
Amir wrote the following:
Charity is just one part of a bigger picture. We should, as a community, ask ourselves: is Australia better off by virtue of our presence here? If we were to assess the total contribution of Muslims to every aspect of this country, can we honestly say that Australia would be poorer intellectually, culturally, economically and spiritually if we were suddenly removed from the face of this earth?
Unfortunately, if we don’t start asking ourselves these sorts of questions soon, other people will be asking (and answering) them on our behalf.
Simply replace the word ‘Australia’ with ‘America’ and it is a good question that we each need to ask ourselves as individuals. Is our neighborhood a better place with or without us? What are we doing to improve our community?
Filed under: Practical Solutions
An excellent post, as usual
Now that I have a blog, I am adding you to my blogroll.
Ya Haqq!
Great! I hope this thing catches on.
>Is our neighborhood a better place with or without us? What are we doing to improve our community?
Man, I can respect anyone who seriously asks themselves this question.