Thursday 15 April 2010

Kuwait Introduces Minimum Private Sector Wage

The princely sum of KD60 per month.

Initially one might think that this was just yet another of those problems arising from poor translation.  In translating the concept of a "minimum wage" someone used the wrong Arabic words.  There was confusion over the meaning of minimum between (a) the smallest amount one can get away with paying and (b) the lowest amount that allows a person to live without undue hardship or want and with a small portion of dignity.

Of course, we know that mistranslation is not the cause.  The cause is nothing  more than stark rapacious greed.  The sort of vice that a very noble religion counsels against.

The remarkable thing is that this happened in a country where the majority of members of the Majlis AlUmma are self-styled religious people.   They're constantly on guard to protect Muslims from the manifest dangers of music lessons, girl's soccer, hijab-less members of the parliament. 

In any case, let's turn to some sound authorities on that particular religion as opposed to the delusions of these منافقين.

First, Hadith Qudsi #21




Second, Surah al Baqara Ayat 8.



صدق الله العظيم
The need for the  دعوة  in Kuwait is abundantly manifest and clearly urgent.  With devotion and hard work (lots of hard work) reversion might be successful. 

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