[Reader-list] Is Subsidy Islamic or UnIslamic ?

[Pawan Durani]

Fatima ,

That makes me wonder

1. Maybe Govt of India is making fool of the people and if that is so , the
muslim organisations should expose the Govt, so that the subsidy budget for
haj is abolished.

2. And what made even pakistan abolish subsidy ?

Would love to hear your views .....

Pawan


On 11/4/07, S.Fatima <sadiafwahidi at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Dear Pawan
> It would be good if you could read up a little more
> than just one news item. Haj subsidy has been on for
> many many decades or centuries. Originally the Mughals
> used to send entire ships full of pilgrims on their
> expense so that the pilgrims could pray for the king,
> and so on. It continued with the British, and even
> now. But in the present day scenario, this subsidy is
> a bit of a eyewash.
>
> Facts which the Ministry of External Affairs is
> concealing from the public in the name of subsidy are
> that the national or international carriers by which
> pilgrims are flown to Jeddah from different Indian
> cities are chartered ones which the Haj Committee
> hires. According to air travel rules, if a person
> travels in his individual capacity, he has to pay full
> fair but for group travel, fares are considerably
> reduced. If the entire plane is hired on charter,
> fares are reduced to even less than half. So, who is
> giving the subsidy - the GOI or the air carriers.
>
> S.Fatima
>
> > On 11/3/07, Pawan Durani
> > wrote:
> > > GOI to spend 387 Crore Rupees on Haj Subsidy this
> > year!
> > >
> > > Union Cabinet approves continuation of Hajj
> > subsidy
> > >
> > > New Delhi, Nov 2: The Government has decided that
> > the number of pilgrims
> > > under the Government subsidy scheme during Hajj
> > 2007
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