Religion, Human Rights, and Social Justice
Definitions and concepts related to religious financial practices, human rights principles, and social justice issues including prejudice, discrimination, poverty, and aid.
Questions
The act of loaning money with interest
- Exploitation
- Poverty
- Sadaqah
- Usury
Ensuring that society treats people fairly and protects people’s human rights
- Positive discrimination
- Equality
- Long-term aid
- Social Justice
Good actions or voluntary payments made by a Muslim that are undertaken for charitable reasons
- Zakah
- Tithe
- Usury
- Sadaqah
Unfairly judging someone before the facts are known.
- Prejudice
- Exploitation
- Discrimination
- Sadaqah
Being without money, food or other basic needs in life
- Disability
- Exploitation
- Poverty
- Prejudice
Treating people more favourably because they have been discriminated against in the past
- Equality
- Positive discrimination
- prejudice
- Social Justice
The basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings should be entitled
- Equality
- Prejudice
- Human trafficking
- Human rights
Islamic practise of giving 2.5% of savings each year to the poor
- Zakah
- Tithe
- Usury
- Sadaqah
Assistance given to a poor country over a long period of time that has a lasting effect
- Emergency aid
- Positive discrimination
- Tithe
- Long-term aid
The right to believe or practise whatever religion one chooses
- Freedom of religious expression
- Freedom of religion
- Long term aid
- Usury
The right to worship, preach and practise one’s faith in whatever way one chooses
- Freedom of religious expression
- Freedom of religion
- Positive discrimination
- Equality
A Biblical teaching to give one tenth of annual produce or earnings away
- Usury
- Tithe
- Social Justice
- Zakah
The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities
- Exploitation
- Usury
- Human Rights
- Equality
a physical / mental impairment which adversely effects person’s ability to do daily activities
- Poverty
- Tithe
- Disability
- Human Trafficking
help given to communities in a time of disaster or crisis, e.g. food during a famine,
- Sadaqah
- Emergency Aid
- Long term aid
- Positive discrimination
Actions or behaviour that result from prejudice'?
- Discrimination
- Prejudice
- Equality
- Exploitation
The misuse of power or money to get others to do things for little or unfair reward
- Poverty
- Exploitation
- Prejudice
- Zakah