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There are about 6 million registered Palestinian refugees. Under Islamic law, zakat (an obligatory charity contribution) is required from Muslims in all countries to support the poor people and those who in need. In addition, the Prophet Muhammad repeatedly stressed the importance of helping orphans and socially unprotected people.
Considering these religious obligations, a question arises: why wealthy Muslim nations (such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates), not invite and absorb on own territories all Palestinian refugees?
The unreadiness of these Arab countries to accept large-scale refugee populations is not primarily due to a lack of financial capacity or available zakat funds. Instead, it is driven by a complex set of political, strategic, and economic ideas: 1. geopolitical disbalance of moving a nation to the new place. 2. Destabilization of local security. 3. Economic loss.
But the most important reason they dont take refugees is that moving them to new place will automatically give Israel all the former Palestinian lands.
This situation raises a fundamental question: are these nations prioritizing geopolitical interests and regional influence over immediate, direct humanitarian assistance to their fellow Muslims in need as Muhammad said ^..^
Damn, everyone knows the dollar is a colossus with feet of clay – because it’s not backed by gold, only by its public image in the world. Same as all other currencies, actually. I started thinking this way about 15 years ago… like, it’s gonna collapse, it’s gonna collapse… but it just doesn’t fall!!! What the hell is keeping it up???
It’s like in The Big Short – you think “this is it, this is the end,” but the end just keeps not coming. The unstable system doesn’t destroy itself; in fact, people keep it going for own peace of mind and to avoid having to adapt to something new.
I actually think that when all fiat money finally disappears (hopefully soon) and only electronic money remains, we could get rid of all the reserve currencies. Because we could set it up the way when you cross any border, your money automatically converts into the currency of the country you’re entering. And exchange rates should be based on some new ranking of countries. In this new ranking, each country’s level of debt should definitely be listed – because indebted countries, companies, and people are not attractive for investors.
It’s interesting that all myths both ancient and modern are built on the same three ideas: a myth of origin, a myth of the end of the world, and a myth that lifts up a religious group, saying they are special.
Myth of origin: a religious explanation of how people or clan began.
Myth of the end of the world: an explanation of why the life of a people or clan is finite and will end.
Myth of prestige: a way to show that people, tribe, or city is special and better than others – by saying that gods or divine forces helped create these people or a hero.
This idea comes from the work of Daniel Hook.
Under “myth of prestige” we can put all those ideas like “God is with us and because of this we will win” “we are the true believers,” “we are the chosen ones” – while everyone else is not.
This three-part idea works well not only for old religions but also for all kinds of modern religious and sectarian movements.
