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**Sheelldaw** · 10-25-2011, 02:21 PM

See the problem abu hajira saab is that we are not organized enough nor do we realize the severity of interest. In the UK I can say with sure confidence that more than 90% of people have a house on interest. Most of these are not people who follow the lax opinion of qardawi but orthodox muslims.

Our community is busy spending millions on masjids and even more millions to outside the country. The problem of housing is a real issue. It is not a difficult project. It would be be pretty easy with the right finance. I had some relative of mine who gave away a whole house in charity but his own daughter had to buy a house on mortgage. Would it not have been better for the relative to instead give the house to his daughter? The same is true of the UK. We are busy funding programs back home and trust me a lot of money is wasted by such people who see it as 'free' money from the uk whilst our new generation in the UK is homeless/living in houses brought with haram money etc. I really wish some people would tackle this issue.

The future looks bleak for many of the younger generation in the UK and as a community we need to stop being complacent and realize something needs to be done. Every time I've gone to ulema with such initiatives and given them ideas unfortunately you get a lot of yes, yes and nods but nothing is done.

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Sheelldaw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	See the problem abu hajira saab is that we are not organized enough nor do we realize the severity of interest. In the UK I can say with sure confidence that more than 90% of people have a house on interest. Most of these are not people who follow the lax opinion of qardawi but orthodox muslims. Our community is busy spending millions on masjids and even more millions to outside the country. The problem of housing is a real issue. It is not a difficult project. It would be be pretty easy with the right finance. I had some relative of mine who gave away a whole house in charity but his own daughter had to buy a house on mortgage. Would it not have been better for the relative to instead give the house to his daughter? The same is true of the UK. We are busy funding programs back home and trust me a lot of money is wasted by such people who see it as 'free' money from the uk whilst our new generation in the UK is homeless/living in houses brought with haram money etc. I really wish some people would tackle this issue. The future looks bleak for many of the younger generation in the UK and as a community we need to stop being complacent and realize something needs to be done. Every time I've gone to ulema with such initiatives and given them ideas unfortunately you get a lot of yes, yes and nods but nothing is done.
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