The Need to Become a Giver Group

THE NEED TO BECOME A GIVER GROUP “We were very pleased to hear you speak on a rare subject: Islam and science. Your lecture has truly clarified doubts in the audience’s minds regarding Islamic contributions to the development of science.” I have often received such positive responses when I explain Islam to people during such dialogues. THE NEED TO BECOME A GIVER GROUP My advice to Muslims is, “Stop being only a ‘taker group’ and become, on the contrary, the ‘giver group’. The daily newspaper ‘Urdu Samachar’ of Nagpur organized a convention on ‘National Unity and Secularism.’ Mr. S.Q. Zaman is the managing editor of this newspaper. This ‘Convention for National Unity, Harmony, and Secularism’ was held in Nagpur’s Ravindra Deshpande Hall (which is Nagpur’s largest hall) on November 10, 1992. The participants and writers were assigned the following three topics: 1. The role of the government in promoting secularism and national unity. 2. The role of religion in strengthening national unity and uniformity. 3. The role of Urdu in preserving national unity and secularism. I presented my thoughts as a speech on the second topic. The vast hall was full of people. Mostly, Marathi language