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Winter 2009 Leaders
 Islamic Solutions to World Hunger
By Shazia Sohail
"While many factors contribute to poverty in the Third World, the major ones are easy to spot. Firstly, wealth is concentrated in a few hands. Efforts to increase agricultural production thus primarily benefit the already wealthy. Secondly, underdeveloped countries prefer to export their agricultural products since their own citizens cannot afford to buy them."
 Sins Against Life
By Imam Mubasher Ahmad
"The Qur’an confirms the Judeo-Christian sanctions against killing of an innocent person, and states that whosoever unjustly kills a single person, it shall be as if he has slaughtered all mankind; and whosoever saves a life, it shall be as if he had protected the life of all mankind."
 Paradox of War: Prophet's Compassion
By Aisha Husain Ahmad
"War invokes images of guns, bloodshed, and the inseparable sense of fear and terror it so casually casts upon its victims. The shattered environment is shrouded with hostility and an instinctual drive for self-preservation that chokes out kindness and compassion, especially at the frontlines. However, in Islam, compassion is given life as one of the most central and basic principles."
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