Human rights + Social Justice

Treatment of women within religion (equality)

"You are all one in Christ Jesus"

"Anyone, male or female who does good works and is a believer will enter paradise" (Qur'an);Treatment of women within religion (inequality)

"Women should remain silent in churches. They are not allowed to speak….for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the Church"

Women cannot be Imams or Priests.;Treatment of homosexuals within religion (equality)

"Love one another as I have loved you";Treatment of homosexuals within religion (inequality)

"There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong."(Qu'ran)

"You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.";Freedom of religious expression (inequality)

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life";Human rights

" A White has no superiority over a Black nor a Black has any superiority over a White";Responsibilities of Wealth

The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

"Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.";Wealth as a distraction from faith

"For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs"

"No one can serve two masters….You cannot serve both God and money"

"Be on your guard against all kinds of greed: a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions";Uses of wealth (positive)

Tithe (10%)

Zakat (2.5%)

Rich Man + Lazarus

"Sell your possessions and give to the poor";Uses of wealth (negative)

"The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them."

"You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.";Right attitude to wealth

"It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.";Origin of Wealth

"All tithes from the land, whether seed from the ground or fruit from the tree, are the Lord's"

"The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity" (TORAH);Exploitation of the poor (Bible)

"Do not exploit the poor because they are poor"

"You shall not oppress the poor or vulnerable. God will hear their cry";Exploitation of the poor (Qur'an)

"God blights usury"

"Liberate those from bondage";Responsibilities of those living in poverty

"The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat"

"For drunks and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags";Charity

Zakat, Tithe

"Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise";Charity Examples

Send a Cow, Muslim Aid, Islamic Relief, Christian Aid;Charity (issues)

Fraud

Misuse of funds

Unequal distribution of resources;