Heterodox
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The Great Transformation which created secular modern European societies radically altered concepts of poverty and charity. Western ideas are strikingly different from Islamic ideas about charity as tazkiya, based on self-purification, replacing love of material wealth by the love of Allah. For a writeup of this talk, and links to related materials, see bit.ly/az9c2
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The Great Transformation which created secular modern European societies radically altered concepts of poverty and charity. Western ideas are strikingly different from Islamic ideas about charity as tazkiya, based on self-purification, replacing love of material wealth by the love of Allah. For a writeup of this talk, and links to related materials, see bit.ly/az9c2
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