On Friday March 15th, world media outlets reported on a mass shooting and murder of Muslim men praying in two mosques in New Zealand. 49 sincere Muslims attending the Friday prayer duties were shot and killed, with many more injured in the aftermath.

Only to start with as a short reminder of what Islam’s main pillars in prevention of poverty are: -      Islam has regulated the issue of ownership in a very clear and efficient way. Every individual is permitted to gain and to possess private property on everything that is not public or not state property, through the ways that Islam has made permissible (work, trade, inheritance, gifts, etc.), i.e. except steeling,…

• Despite the immense material and human resources, as well as the world’s richest oil and mineral reserves in our Muslim lands, the majority of the Muslim Ummah languishes in massive poverty, having less than 1.90 US dollars a day to meet their basic needs.

Islam came as an address for all humankind, regardless of religion, school of thought, race or gender. In the Khilafah all citizens will enjoy the benefits of the Islamic system and full protection of their lives, property and honour without discrimination. “All citizens of the Islamic State are entitled to enjoy the Shariah rights and duties.” (Article 5 - Draft Constitution for the Khilafah of Hizb ut Tahrir)