The last line is the key. Muslim donors won’t stop funding and donating to cair if it’s “just Sadaqa”. The expansion of “fi sabilillah” is dangerous if you consider how it would apply abroad. Would the same reasoning allow a govt agency in a Muslim majority country to use zakaat funding to do work for “civil rights causes”? Does a leader of a country speaking about Islamophobia or Palestinian rights on a global stage make his salary zakaat eligible?
There is no better way to get people to pay into CAIR PAC than throwing Palestine and Ceasefire into the mix. These are the buzz words these days. People will pay.
The last line is the key. Muslim donors won’t stop funding and donating to cair if it’s “just Sadaqa”. The expansion of “fi sabilillah” is dangerous if you consider how it would apply abroad. Would the same reasoning allow a govt agency in a Muslim majority country to use zakaat funding to do work for “civil rights causes”? Does a leader of a country speaking about Islamophobia or Palestinian rights on a global stage make his salary zakaat eligible?
There is no better way to get people to pay into CAIR PAC than throwing Palestine and Ceasefire into the mix. These are the buzz words these days. People will pay.